Study of the response regulator rrp1 reveals its regulatory role in chitobiose utilization and virulence of borrelia burgdorferi Toxic Shock

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1775-1787

  Sze, Ching Wooen ^a   Smith, Alexis ^b   Choi, Young Hee ^a   Yang, Xiuli ^b   Pal, Utpal ^b   Yu, Aiming ^a   Li, Chunhao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHITOBIOSE; PROTEIN RRP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPIROCHETE; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CYCLIC GMP; DISACCHARIDES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR; TICKS;

EID: 84877796869     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00050-13     Document Type: Article

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