Investigation of the genes involved in antigenic switching at the vlsE locus in Borrelia burgdorferi: An essential role for the RuvAB branch migrase

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Dresser, Ashley R ^a   Hardy, Pierre Olivier ^b   Chaconas, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MIGRASE RUVA; MIGRASE RUVB; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN PILE; PROTEIN VLSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HELICASE; LIPOPROTEIN; RUVB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; VLSE PROTEIN, BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RECA GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCID MOUSE; ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; MURINAE; MUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, SCID; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 74549116385     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000680     Document Type: Article

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