Suggested Role for G4 DNA in Recombinational Switching at the Antigenic Variation Locus of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

Mechanism of strand displacement synthesis by DNA replicative polymerases

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Genome Stability of Lyme Disease Spirochetes: Comparative Genomics of Borrelia burgdorferi Plasmids

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RecA-Binding pilE G4 Sequence Essential for Pilin Antigenic Variation Forms Monomeric and 5′ End-Stacked Dimeric Parallel G-Quadruplexes

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DNA Replication through G-Quadruplex Motifs Is Promoted by the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pif1 DNA Helicase

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Structural Diversity and Specific Recognition of Four Stranded G-Quadruplex DNA

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G-quadruplex-induced instability during leading-strand replication

(2011) Judith Lopes et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

G4 DNA: at risk in the genome

(2011) Luther Davis et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Focusing homologous recombination: pilin antigenic variation in the pathogenic Neisseria

(2011) Laty A. Cahoon et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Structure, location and interactions of G-quadruplexes

(2010) Julian L. Huppert   FEBS Journal

Whole-Genome Sequences of Thirteen Isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi

(2010) S. E. Schutzer et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Antigenic variation in the African trypanosome: molecular mechanisms and phenotypic complexity

(2009) Liam J. Morrison et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Pilin Antigenic Variation Occurs Independently of the RecBCD Pathway in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

(2009) R. A. Helm et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization andin VitroReaction Properties of 19 Unique Hairpin Telomeres from the Linear Plasmids of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

(2009) Yvonne Tourand et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Common strategies for antigenic variation by bacterial, fungal and protozoan pathogens

(2009) Kirk W. Deitsch et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Genome-Wide Analyses of Recombination Prone Regions Predict Role of DNA Structural Motif in Recombination

(2009) Prithvi Mani et al.   PLoS One

An Alternative DNA Structure Is Necessary for Pilin Antigenic Variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

(2009) L. A. Cahoon et al.   SCIENCE

G-quadruplex structures: in vivo evidence and function

(2009) Hans J. Lipps et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Investigation of the Genes Involved in Antigenic Switching at the vlsE Locus in Borrelia burgdorferi: An Essential Role for the RuvAB Branch Migrase

(2009) Ashley R. Dresser et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Detailed Analysis of Sequence Changes Occurring during vlsE Antigenic Variation in the Mouse Model of Borrelia burgdorferi Infection

(2009) Loïc Coutte et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Central Role of the Holliday Junction Helicase RuvAB in vlsE Recombination and Infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi

(2009) Tao Lin et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Borrelia burgdorferi vlsE Antigenic Variation Is Not Mediated by RecA

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