Analysis of the Borrelia burgdorferi cyclic-di-GMP-binding protein PlzA reveals a role in motility and virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1815-1825

  Pitzer, Joshua E ^a   Sultan, Syed Z ^a   Hayakawa, Yoshihiro ^b   Hobbs, Gerry ^c   Miller, Michael R ^d   Motaleb, Md A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AICHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; PLZA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SURVIVAL RATE; TICK;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79955642814     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00075-11     Document Type: Article

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