Borrelia burgdorferi rel is responsible for generation of guanosine-3′-diphosphate-5′-triphosphate and growth control

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 4972-4981

  Bugrysheva, Julia V ^a   Bryksin, Anton V ^a   Godfrey, Henry P ^a   Cabello, Felipe C ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL SURVIVAL; DELETION MUTANT; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GROWTH REGULATION; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELA GENE; SPOT GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; MICE; MUTATION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 23344436798     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.8.4972-4981.2005     Document Type: Article

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