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Chitobiose utilization in Borrelia burgdorferi is dually regulated by RpoD and RpoS

BACKGROUND: Borrelia burgdorferi has limited biosynthetic capabilities and must scavenge N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), an essential component of the microbial cell wall, from the surrounding environment. Spirochetes cultured in the absence of free GlcNAc exhibit biphasic growth; however, addition of...

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Autores principales: Rhodes, Ryan G, Coy, Wendy, Nelson, David R
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2700276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19473539
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-108