A novel iron- and copper-binding protein in the Lyme disease spirochaete

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1441-1451

  Wang, Peng ^a   Lutton, Anthony ^a   Olesik, John ^b   Vali, Hojatollah ^b   Li, Xin ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA IRON AND COPPER BINDING PROTEIN A; COPPER; CYSTEINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; METALLOTHIONEIN; PEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DETOXIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPIROCHETE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARRIER PROTEINS; COPPER; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; IRON; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PEROXIDES;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODIDA; SPIROCHAETA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870976588     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12068     Document Type: Article

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