Published in Mol Cell on January 01, 2002
Outer-surface protein C of the Lyme disease spirochete: a protein induced in ticks for infection of mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 3.84
The genome of Borrelia recurrentis, the agent of deadly louse-borne relapsing fever, is a degraded subset of tick-borne Borrelia duttonii. PLoS Genet (2008) 2.10
bptA (bbe16) is essential for the persistence of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in its natural tick vector. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.66
The essential nature of the ubiquitous 26-kilobase circular replicon of Borrelia burgdorferi. J Bacteriol (2004) 1.50
The linear chromosome of the plant-pathogenic mycoplasma 'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali'. BMC Genomics (2008) 1.42
'Nothing is permanent but change'- antigenic variation in persistent bacterial pathogens. Cell Microbiol (2009) 1.37
Association of linear plasmid 28-1 with an arthritic phenotype of Borrelia burgdorferi. Infect Immun (2005) 1.30
Genetic basis for retention of a critical virulence plasmid of Borrelia burgdorferi. Mol Microbiol (2007) 1.29
Genome stability of Lyme disease spirochetes: comparative genomics of Borrelia burgdorferi plasmids. PLoS One (2012) 1.28
Bidirectional replication from an internal ori site of the linear N15 plasmid prophage. Nucleic Acids Res (2003) 1.22
Genetics of Borrelia burgdorferi. Annu Rev Genet (2012) 1.21
Analysis of an ordered, comprehensive STM mutant library in infectious Borrelia burgdorferi: insights into the genes required for mouse infectivity. PLoS One (2012) 1.19
Large linear plasmids of Borrelia species that cause relapsing fever. J Bacteriol (2013) 1.09
Conservation of plasmid maintenance functions between linear and circular plasmids in Borrelia burgdorferi. J Bacteriol (2003) 1.08
Mixing active-site components: a recipe for the unique enzymatic activity of a telomere resolvase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 1.05
Differential telomere processing by Borrelia telomere resolvases in vitro but not in vivo. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.04
Integron integrase binds to bulged hairpin DNA. Nucleic Acids Res (2004) 1.04
Mitochondrial genome diversity: evolution of the molecular architecture and replication strategy. Curr Genet (2003) 1.02
Characterization and in vitro reaction properties of 19 unique hairpin telomeres from the linear plasmids of the lyme disease spirochete. J Biol Chem (2009) 1.00
An interlocked dimer of the protelomerase TelK distorts DNA structure for the formation of hairpin telomeres. Mol Cell (2007) 0.96
High-throughput plasmid content analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi B31 by using Luminex multiplex technology. Appl Environ Microbiol (2010) 0.92
The repA gene of the linear Yersinia enterocolitica prophage PY54 functions as a circular minimal replicon in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol (2005) 0.86
Peaceful coexistence amongst Borrelia plasmids: getting by with a little help from their friends? Plasmid (2013) 0.85
vls Antigenic Variation Systems of Lyme Disease Borrelia: Eluding Host Immunity through both Random, Segmental Gene Conversion and Framework Heterogeneity. Microbiol Spectr (2014) 0.84
Preventing broken Borrelia telomeres: ResT couples dual hairpin telomere formation with product release. J Biol Chem (2010) 0.83
Linear chromosome-generating system of Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58: protelomerase generates and protects hairpin ends. J Biol Chem (2012) 0.83
Purification and properties of the plasmid maintenance proteins from the Borrelia burgdorferi linear plasmid lp17. J Bacteriol (2008) 0.82
Identification of the determinant conferring permissive substrate usage in the telomere resolvase, ResT. J Biol Chem (2009) 0.82
The telomere resolvase of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, promotes DNA single-strand annealing and strand exchange. Nucleic Acids Res (2013) 0.80
High-throughput screening identifies three inhibitor classes of the telomere resolvase from the lyme disease spirochete. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 0.80
Altered murine tissue colonization by Borrelia burgdorferi following targeted deletion of linear plasmid 17-carried genes. Infect Immun (2012) 0.80
Requirements for Borrelia burgdorferi plasmid maintenance. Plasmid (2012) 0.80
An enzyme-catalyzed multistep DNA refolding mechanism in hairpin telomere formation. PLoS Biol (2013) 0.78
Presence of Arp specifically contributes to joint tissue edema associated with early-onset Lyme arthritis. Infect Immun (2013) 0.78
Control of directionality in the DNA strand-exchange reaction catalysed by the tyrosine recombinase TnpI. Nucleic Acids Res (2009) 0.78
Antigenic Variation in Bacterial Pathogens. Microbiol Spectr (2016) 0.78
Construction and characterization of a Borrelia burgdorferi strain with conditional expression of the essential telomere resolvase, ResT. J Bacteriol (2014) 0.77
Spring loading a pre-cleavage intermediate for hairpin telomere formation. Nucleic Acids Res (2015) 0.77
The Borrelia burgdorferi telomere resolvase, ResT, anneals ssDNA complexed with its cognate ssDNA-binding protein. Nucleic Acids Res (2016) 0.77
The Borrelia burgdorferi telomere resolvase, ResT, possesses ATP-dependent DNA unwinding activity. Nucleic Acids Res (2017) 0.75
Temperature-dependent sRNA transcriptome of the Lyme disease spirochete. BMC Genomics (2017) 0.75
An intravascular immune response to Borrelia burgdorferi involves Kupffer cells and iNKT cells. Nat Immunol (2010) 2.03
Real-time high resolution 3D imaging of the lyme disease spirochete adhering to and escaping from the vasculature of a living host. PLoS Pathog (2008) 1.59
The role of VlsE antigenic variation in the Lyme disease spirochete: persistence through a mechanism that differs from other pathogens. Mol Microbiol (2007) 1.45
Molecular mechanisms involved in vascular interactions of the Lyme disease pathogen in a living host. PLoS Pathog (2008) 1.34
Analysis of an ordered, comprehensive STM mutant library in infectious Borrelia burgdorferi: insights into the genes required for mouse infectivity. PLoS One (2012) 1.19
Mapping of essential replication functions of the linear plasmid lp17 of B. burgdorferi by targeted deletion walking. Mol Microbiol (2005) 1.17
Conservation of plasmid maintenance functions between linear and circular plasmids in Borrelia burgdorferi. J Bacteriol (2003) 1.08
Investigation of the genes involved in antigenic switching at the vlsE locus in Borrelia burgdorferi: an essential role for the RuvAB branch migrase. PLoS Pathog (2009) 1.07
Mixing active-site components: a recipe for the unique enzymatic activity of a telomere resolvase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 1.05
Vascular binding of a pathogen under shear force through mechanistically distinct sequential interactions with host macromolecules. Mol Microbiol (2012) 1.05
3D reconstruction of the Mu transposase and the Type 1 transpososome: a structural framework for Mu DNA transposition. Genes Dev (2005) 1.04
Catalytic residues of the telomere resolvase ResT: a pattern similar to, but distinct from, tyrosine recombinases and type IB topoisomerases. J Biol Chem (2004) 1.04
Differential telomere processing by Borrelia telomere resolvases in vitro but not in vivo. J Bacteriol (2006) 1.04
Illuminating the roles of the Borrelia burgdorferi adhesins. Trends Microbiol (2013) 1.03
Sequence-specific recognition but position-dependent cleavage of two distinct telomeres by the Borrelia burgdorferi telomere resolvase, ResT. Mol Microbiol (2003) 1.01
Characterization and in vitro reaction properties of 19 unique hairpin telomeres from the linear plasmids of the lyme disease spirochete. J Biol Chem (2009) 1.00
Fusion of hairpin telomeres by the B. burgdorferi telomere resolvase ResT implications for shaping a genome in flux. Mol Cell (2005) 0.97
The Mu three-site synapse: a strained assembly platform in which delivery of the L1 transposase binding site triggers catalytic commitment. Mol Cell (2002) 0.94
Telomere resolution by Borrelia burgdorferi ResT through the collaborative efforts of tethered DNA binding domains. Mol Microbiol (2007) 0.92
HrpA, a DEAH-box RNA helicase, is involved in global gene regulation in the Lyme disease spirochete. PLoS One (2011) 0.90
Unexpected twist: harnessing the energy in positive supercoils to control telomere resolution. Mol Microbiol (2006) 0.89
Uncoupling the chemical steps of telomere resolution by ResT. J Biol Chem (2005) 0.88
The nucleotide excision repair system of Borrelia burgdorferi is the sole pathway involved in repair of DNA damage by UV light. J Bacteriol (2013) 0.84
Hairpin Telomere Resolvases. Microbiol Spectr (2014) 0.83
Topology-dependent transcription in linear and circular plasmids of the segmented genome of Borrelia burgdorferi. Mol Microbiol (2007) 0.82
Identification of the determinant conferring permissive substrate usage in the telomere resolvase, ResT. J Biol Chem (2009) 0.82
Effect of mutations in the C-terminal domain of Mu B on DNA binding and interactions with Mu A transposase. J Biol Chem (2003) 0.82
Purification and properties of the plasmid maintenance proteins from the Borrelia burgdorferi linear plasmid lp17. J Bacteriol (2008) 0.82
Suggested role for G4 DNA in recombinational switching at the antigenic variation locus of the Lyme disease spirochete. PLoS One (2013) 0.81
High-throughput screening identifies three inhibitor classes of the telomere resolvase from the lyme disease spirochete. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2009) 0.80