Analysis of the determinants of bba64(P35) gene expression in Borrelia burgdorferi using a gfp reporter

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 275-285

  Gautam, Aarti ^a   Hathaway, Marianne ^a   McClain, Natalie ^a   Ramesh, Geeta ^a   Ramamoorthy, Ramesh ^a  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BBA64; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING SITE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SPIROCHETE; WILD TYPE;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGMA FACTOR;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODIDA; SPIROCHAETES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38849106830     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/011676-0     Document Type: Article

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