Functional analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi uvrA in DNA damage protection

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 317, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-180

  Sambir, Mariya ^a   Ivanova, Larisa B ^a   Bryksin, Anton V ^a   Godfrey, Henry P ^a   Cabello, Felipe C ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; DNA damage; Lyme disease; Nucleotide excision repair; UV radiation; uvrA

Indexed keywords

ABC EXCINUCLEASE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOMYCIN C; MUTANT PROTEIN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; LETTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MITOMYCIN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 79952821415     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02226.x     Document Type: Letter

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