Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
1
|
Mutation and recombination in the upstream homology box-flanked ospE-related genes of the Lyme disease spirochetes result in the development of new antigenic variants during infection.
|
Infect Immun
|
2000
|
1.75
|
2
|
gyrB mutations in coumermycin A1-resistant Borrelia burgdorferi.
|
J Bacteriol
|
1994
|
1.74
|
3
|
Analysis of mechanisms associated with loss of infectivity of clonal populations of Borrelia burgdorferi B31MI.
|
Infect Immun
|
2001
|
1.41
|
4
|
Demonstration of the genetic stability and temporal expression of select members of the lyme disease spirochete OspF protein family during infection in mice.
|
Infect Immun
|
2001
|
1.25
|
5
|
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
|
1998
|
1.24
|
6
|
Variation in the size of the ospA-containing linear plasmid, but not the linear chromosome, among the three Borrelia species associated with Lyme disease.
|
J Gen Microbiol
|
1993
|
1.20
|
7
|
Identification and characterization of an intervening sequence within the 23S ribosomal RNA genes of Campylobacter jejuni.
|
Mol Microbiol
|
1994
|
1.14
|
8
|
Analysis of the organization of multicopy linear- and circular-plasmid-carried open reading frames in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates.
|
Infect Immun
|
1998
|
1.13
|
9
|
Evidence for the contribution of point mutations to vlsE variation and for apparent constraints on the net accumulation of sequence changes in vlsE during infection with Lyme disease spirochetes.
|
J Bacteriol
|
2001
|
1.09
|
10
|
Evidence that the BBA68 protein (BbCRASP-1) of the Lyme disease spirochetes does not contribute to factor H-mediated immune evasion in humans and other animals.
|
Infect Immun
|
2006
|
1.09
|
11
|
The bdr gene families of the Lyme disease and relapsing fever spirochetes: potential influence on biology, pathogenesis, and evolution.
|
Emerg Infect Dis
|
2000
|
1.08
|
12
|
Cloning and molecular characterization of a multicopy, linear plasmid-carried, repeat motif-containing gene from Borrelia turicatae, a causative agent of relapsing fever.
|
J Bacteriol
|
1998
|
1.04
|
13
|
Analysis of the cellular localization of Bdr paralogs in Borrelia burgdorferi, a causative agent of lyme disease: evidence for functional diversity.
|
J Bacteriol
|
2000
|
1.01
|
14
|
Evolutionary and molecular analyses of the Borrelia bdr super gene family: delineation of distinct sub-families and demonstration of the genus wide conservation of putative functional domains, structural properties and repeat motifs.
|
Microb Pathog
|
2000
|
0.98
|
15
|
Molecular and immunological analyses of the Borrelia turicatae Bdr protein family.
|
Infect Immun
|
2000
|
0.96
|
16
|
Cloning and expression of the hup encoding a histone-like protein of Campylobacter jejuni.
|
Gene
|
1994
|
0.93
|
17
|
Identification of the primary mechanism of complement evasion by the periodontal pathogen, Treponema denticola.
|
Mol Oral Microbiol
|
2010
|
0.92
|
18
|
Molecular signaling mechanisms of the periopathogen, Treponema denticola.
|
J Dent Res
|
2011
|
0.90
|
19
|
Analysis of the complement sensitivity of oral treponemes and the potential influence of FH binding, FH cleavage and dentilisin activity on the pathogenesis of periodontal disease.
|
Mol Oral Microbiol
|
2014
|
0.80
|
20
|
The Hpk2-Rrp2 two-component regulatory system of Treponema denticola: a potential regulator of environmental and adaptive responses.
|
Mol Oral Microbiol
|
2010
|
0.79
|
21
|
The Treponema denticola AtcR LytTR domain-containing response regulator interacts with three architecturally distinct promoter elements: implications for understanding the molecular signaling mechanisms that drive the progression of periodontal disease.
|
Mol Oral Microbiol
|
2014
|
0.78
|
22
|
Cloning and expression of the Borrelia burgdorferi lon gene.
|
Gene
|
1997
|
0.78
|
23
|
Identification of Borrelia burgdorferi ospC genotypes in canine tissue following tick infestation: implications for Lyme disease vaccine and diagnostic assay design.
|
Vet J
|
2013
|
0.78
|
24
|
Sequence divergence in the Treponema denticola FhbB protein and its impact on factor H binding.
|
Mol Oral Microbiol
|
2013
|
0.77
|