Abstract
Bgp, one of the surface-localized glycosaminoglycan-binding proteins of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, exhibited nucleosidase activity. Infection of SCID mice with B. burgdorferi strain N40 mutants harboring a targeted insertion in bgp and apparently retaining all endogenous plasmids revealed that Bgp is not essential for colonization of immunocompromised mice.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Bacterial Proteins / physiology*
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Borrelia burgdorferi / genetics
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Carrier Proteins / physiology*
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Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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Lyme Disease / etiology*
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Mice
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Mice, Inbred C3H
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Mice, SCID
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N-Glycosyl Hydrolases / physiology*
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Plasmids
Substances
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Bacterial Proteins
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Bgp protein, Borrelia burgdorferi
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Carrier Proteins
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Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
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N-Glycosyl Hydrolases