The Lyme disease spirochete persists in nature through cycles between ticks and
vertebrates. Although the spirochete interacts with numerous, distinct tissues and …

Lyme disease is a tick-borne disease caused by spirochetes belonging to the Borrelia
burgdorferi sensu lato complex. The disease is characterized by a varied course; therefore …

Almost all spirochetes in the genus Borrelia (sensu lato) naturally contain multiple variants of
closely related prophages. In the Lyme disease borreliae, these prophages are maintained …

Borrelia burgdorferi, the pathogen of Lyme disease, encodes many conserved proteins of
unknown structure or function, including ones that serve essential roles in microbial …

Proteolytic cascades comprise several important physiological systems, including a primary
arm of innate immunity called the complement cascade. To safeguard against complement …

Genomic compaction is an essential characteristic of living organisms. Nucleoid-associated
proteins (NAPs) are a group of small proteins that play crucial roles in chromosome …

Abstract The Borrelia burgdorferi SpoVG protein has previously been found to be a DNA-
and RNA-binding protein. To aid in the elucidation of ligand motifs, affinities for numerous …

All bacteria encode a multifunctional DNA-binding protein, DnaA, which initiates
chromosomal replication. Despite having the most complex, segmented bacterial genome …

Genomic compaction is an essential characteristic of living organisms. Nucleoid-associated
proteins (NAPs) are a group of small proteins that play crucial roles in chromosome …

Aware of criminal liability for violations of the Act of 4th February 1994 on Copyright and
Related Rights (Journal of Laws 2006, No. 90, item 631) and disciplinary actions set out in …