Ospef Gene Family in the Lyme Spirochetes

Marconi, Richard T.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Type: First Independent Research Support & Transition (FIRST) Awards (R29)
• Project #: 1R29AI037787-01A2
• Application #: 2074655
• Study Section: Bacteriology and Mycology Subcommittee 2 (BM)
• Project Start: 1996-06-15
• Project End: 2001-05-31
• Budget Start: 1996-06-15
• Budget End: 1997-05-31
• Support Year: 1
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: Virginia Commonwealth University
• Department: Microbiology/Immun/Virology
• Type: Schools of Medicine
• City: Richmond
• State: VA
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 23298

Publications

Kostick, Jessica L; Szkotnicki, Lee T; Rogers, Elizabeth A et al. (2011) The diguanylate cyclase, Rrp1, regulates critical steps in the enzootic cycle of the Lyme disease spirochetes. Mol Microbiol 81:219-31

McDowell, John V; Sung, Shian-Ying; Hu, Linden T et al. (2002) Evidence that the variable regions of the central domain of VlsE are antigenic during infection with lyme disease spirochetes. Infect Immun 70:4196-203

Sung, S Y; Lavoie, C P; Carlyon, J A et al. (1998) Genetic divergence and evolutionary instability in ospE-related members of the upstream homology box gene family in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex isolates. Infect Immun 66:4656-68