A Chitin Deacetylase-Like Protein Is a Predominant Constituent of Tick Peritrophic Membrane That Influences the Persistence of Lyme Disease Pathogens within the Vector

Proteolysis of BB0323 results in two polypeptides that impact physiologic and infectious phenotypes inBorrelia burgdorferi

(2013) Toru Kariu et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of Multiprotein Complexes of theBorrelia burgdorferiOuter Membrane Vesicles

(2011) Xiuli Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Genetic evidence for a protective role of the peritrophic matrix against intestinal bacterial infection in Drosophila melanogaster

(2011) T. Kuraishi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BBA52 FacilitatesBorrelia burgdorferiTransmission from Feeding Ticks to Murine Hosts

(2010) Manish Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

BB0323 Function Is Essential forBorrelia burgdorferiVirulence and Persistence through Tick‐Rodent Transmission Cycle

(2009) Xinyue Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Downregulation of a Chitin Deacetylase-Like Protein in Response to Baculovirus Infection and Its Application for Improving Baculovirus Infectivity

(2009) A. K. Jakubowska et al.   JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY

Borrelia burgdorferismall lipoprotein Lp6.6 is a member of multiple protein complexes in the outer membrane and facilitates pathogen transmission from ticks to mice

(2009) Kamoltip Promnares et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A Chromosomally Encoded Virulence Factor Protects the Lyme Disease Pathogen against Host-Adaptive Immunity

(2009) Xiuli Yang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

New Insights into Peritrophic Matrix Synthesis, Architecture, and Function

(2008) Dwayne Hegedus et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Domain organization and phylogenetic analysis of proteins from the chitin deacetylase gene family of Tribolium castaneum and three other species of insects

(2008) Radhika Dixit et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A chitin deacetylase and putative insect intestinal lipases are components of theMamestra configurata(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) peritrophic matrix

(2008) U. Toprak et al.   INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Evaluation of the Function of a Type I Peritrophic Matrix as a Physical Barrier for Midgut Epithelium Invasion by Mosquito-Borne Pathogens in Aedes aegypti

(2008) Nobutaka Kato et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES