Evidence that RpoS (σS) in Borrelia burgdorferi is controlled directly by RpoN (σ54/σN)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2139-2144

  Smith, Alexandra H ^a   Blevins, Jon S ^a   Bachlani, Gulnaz N ^a   Yang, Xiaofeng F ^b   Norgard, Michael V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIPOPROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C; RNA; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; OSPC PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RPOS GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BINDING SITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 33947427165     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01653-06     Document Type: Article

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