Mutations in the Borrelia burgdorferi Flagellar Type III Secretion System Genes fliH and fliI Profoundly Affect Spirochete Flagellar Assembly, Morphology, Motility, Structure, and Cell Division

The Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi migrates to distant sites in the tick vectors and mammalian hosts through robust motility and chemotaxis activities. FliH and FliI are two cytoplasmic proteins that play important roles in the type III secretion system (T3SS)-mediated export and assem...

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Main Authors: Lin, Tao, Gao, Lihui, Zhao, Xiaowei, Liu, Jun, Norris, Steven J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society of Microbiology 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4436065/