Identification and molecular characterization of a cyclic-di-GMP effector protein, PlzA (BB0733): Additional evidence for the existence of a functional cyclic-di-GMP regulatory network in the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-294

  Freedman, John C ^a   Rogers, Elizabeth A ^a   Kostick, Jessica L ^a   Zhang, Hongming ^a   Iyer, Radha ^b   Schwartz, Ira ^b   Marconi, Richard T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Cyclic di GMP; Lyme disease; PilZ; Rrp1

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP; PLZA PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION; LYME DISEASE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TICK; UPREGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYCLIC GMP; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTANT PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 76349103493     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2009.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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