Role of acetyl-phosphate in activation of the Rrp2-RpoN-RpoS pathway in borrelia burgdorferi

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Xu, Haijun ^a,b   Caimano, Melissa J ^c   Lin, Tao ^c   He, Ming ^b   Radolf, Justin D ^c   Norris, Steven J ^d   Gheradini, Frank ^e   Wolfe, Alan J ^f   Yang, X Frank ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL PHOSPHATE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; RRP2 PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL DENSITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT;

ACETATE KINASE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 78149342510     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001104     Document Type: Article

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