Verification and dissection of the ospC operator by using flaB promoter as a reporter in Borrelia burgdorferi

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 70-78

  Xu, Qilong ^a   McShan, Kristy ^a   Liang, Fang Ting ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogenesis; Gene regulation; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAB GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INVERTED REPEAT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN C GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; SPIROCHETE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, SCID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; MUS;

EID: 44649101342     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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