Metamorphosis of Borrelia burgdorferi organisms - RNA, lipid and protein composition in context with the spirochetes' shape

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Al Robaiy, Samiya ^a,b   Dihazi, Hassan ^c   Kacza, Johannes ^a   Seeger, Johannes ^a   Schiller, Jürgen ^a   Huster, Daniel ^a   Knauer, Jens ^a,d   Straubinger, Reinhard K ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CELL THERAPY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Flagellin; Lipids; Spheres

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHEMISTRY; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FLAGELLA; MUTATION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 78649638250     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201000074     Document Type: Article

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