Borrelia burgdorferi alters its gene expression and antigenic profile in response to CO2 levels

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 437-445

  Hyde, Jenny A ^a   Trzeciakowski, Jerome P ^a   Skare, Jonathan T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BBK32; PROTEIN BOSR; PROTEIN DBPA; PROTEIN NAPA; PROTEIN OSPC; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; OXYGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE;

ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846247458     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01109-06     Document Type: Article

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