GuaA and GuaB are essential for Borrelia burgdorferi survival in the tick-mouse infection cycle

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6231-6241

  Jewett, Mollie W ^a   Lawrence, Kevin A ^a   Bestor, Aaron ^a   Byram, Rebecca ^a,b,c   Gherardini, Frank ^a   Rosa, Patricia A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Devon Energy Production Company L P   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMP DEHYDROGENASE; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, SCID; OPERON; PURINES; TICKS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70350440467     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00450-09     Document Type: Article

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