R T Marconi

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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