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Arvind Anand; Melissa J Caimano; Maxwell E Edmond; Morgan Ledoyt; Amit Luthra; Justin D Radolf
The major outer sheath protein (Msp) of Treponema denticola has a bipartite domain architecture and exists as periplasmic and outer membrane-spanning conformers.
Laura C Ristow; Patricia A Rosa; Nita Salzman; Melissa J Caimano; Rekha Chettri; Halli E Miller; Lavinia J Padmore; Jenifer Coburn
The β₃-integrin ligand of Borrelia burgdorferi is critical for infection of mice but not ticks.
Arvind Anand; Melissa J Caimano; Adriana R Cruz; Star Dunham-Ems; Carson Karanian; Morgan LeDoyt; Amit Luthra; Juan C Salazar; Justin D Radolf
TprC/D (Tp0117/131), a trimeric, pore-forming rare outer membrane protein of Treponema pallidum, has a bipartite domain structure.

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2013: Arvind Anand; Melissa J Caimano; Maxwell E Edmond; Morgan Ledoyt; Amit Luthra; Justin D Radolf
The major outer sheath protein (Msp) of Treponema denticola has a bipartite domain architecture and exists as periplasmic and outer membrane-spanning conformers.
Journal of bacteriology 2013;195(9):2060-71.
2012: Laura C Ristow; Patricia A Rosa; Nita Salzman; Melissa J Caimano; Rekha Chettri; Halli E Miller; Lavinia J Padmore; Jenifer Coburn
The β₃-integrin ligand of Borrelia burgdorferi is critical for infection of mice but not ticks.
Molecular microbiology 2012;85(6):1105-18.
2012: Arvind Anand; Melissa J Caimano; Adriana R Cruz; Star Dunham-Ems; Carson Karanian; Morgan LeDoyt; Amit Luthra; Juan C Salazar; Justin D Radolf
TprC/D (Tp0117/131), a trimeric, pore-forming rare outer membrane protein of Treponema pallidum, has a bipartite domain structure.
Journal of bacteriology 2012;194(9):2321-33.
2012: Michael W Harman; Justin D Radolf; Alexia A Belperron; Linda K Bockenstedt; Melissa J Caimano; Star M Dunham-Ems; Henry C Fu; Charles W Wolgemuth
The heterogeneous motility of the Lyme disease spirochete in gelatin mimics dissemination through tissue.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2012;109(8):3059-64.
2012: Star M Dunham-Ems; Christian H Eggers; Melissa J Caimano; Justin D Radolf
Borrelia burgdorferi requires the alternative sigma factor RpoS for dissemination within the vector during tick-to-mammal transmission.
PLoS pathogens 2012;8(2):e1002532.
2012: Justin D Radolf; Brian Stevenson; Melissa J Caimano; Linden T Hu
Of ticks, mice and men: understanding the dual-host lifestyle of Lyme disease spirochaetes.
Nature reviews. Microbiology 2012;10(2):87-99.
2012: Kelly L Hawley; Juan M Iglesias-Pedraz; Robin R Ingalls; Hooman Izadi; Nicolás Navasa; Chris M Olson; Utpal Pal; Justin D Radolf; Juan C Salazar; Melissa J Caimano; Jorge L Cervantes; Juan Anguita
CD14 cooperates with complement receptor 3 to mediate MyD88-independent phagocytosis of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2012;109(4):1228-32.
2011: Amit Luthra; Michael G Malkowski; Fiona A McArthur; Vishwaroop Mulay; Arvind Anand; Melissa J Caimano; Daniel C Desrosiers; Christian H Eggers; Alejandro P Heuck; Fabian B Romano; Guangyu Zhu; Justin D Radolf
The transition from closed to open conformation of Treponema pallidum outer membrane-associated lipoprotein TP0453 involves membrane sensing and integration by two amphipathic helices.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2011;286(48):41656-68.
2011: Christian H Eggers; Karsten R O Hazlett; Toru Kariu; Robert A Malizia; Utpal Pal; Melissa J Caimano; Al Claiborne; Brian Cusack; Daniel C Desrosiers; Justin D Radolf
The coenzyme A disulphide reductase of Borrelia burgdorferi is important for rapid growth throughout the enzootic cycle and essential for infection of the mammalian host.
Molecular microbiology 2011;82(3):679-97.
2011: Melissa J Caimano; Daniel Desrosiers; Star Dunham-Ems; Michael Harman; Toru Kairu; Melisha R Kenedy; Utpal Pal; Darrin R Akins; Justin D Radolf
The hybrid histidine kinase Hk1 is part of a two-component system that is essential for survival of Borrelia burgdorferi in feeding Ixodes scapularis ticks.
Infection and immunity 2011;79(8):3117-30.
2011: Christopher J Pappas; Mary Petzke; Justin D Radolf; Melissa J Caimano; Radha Iyer; Ira Schwartz
Borrelia burgdorferi requires glycerol for maximum fitness during the tick phase of the enzootic cycle.
PLoS pathogens 2011;7(7):e1002102.
2011: Daniel C Desrosiers; Star M Dunham-Ems; Azad Eshghi; Morgan LeDoyt; Amit Luthra; Arvind Anand; Melissa J Caimano; Caroline E Cameron; Adriana R Cruz; Michael A D Cummings; Juan C Salazar; Justin D Radolf
TP0326, a Treponema pallidum β-barrel assembly machinery A (BamA) orthologue and rare outer membrane protein.
Molecular microbiology 2011;80(6):1496-515.
2011: Sukalyani Banik; Darya Terekhova; Radha Iyer; Christopher J Pappas; Melissa J Caimano; Justin D Radolf; ira schwartz
BB0844, an RpoS-regulated protein, is dispensable for Borrelia burgdorferi infectivity and maintenance in the mouse-tick infectious cycle.
Infection and immunity 2011;79(3):1208-17.
2010: David L Cox; Amit Luthra; Star Dunham-Ems; Daniel Desrosiers; Juan C Salazar; Melissa J Caimano; Justin D Radolf
Surface immunolabeling and consensus computational framework to identify candidate rare outer membrane proteins of Treponema pallidum.
Infection and immunity 2010;78(12):5178-94.
2010: Anamaria Balic; Hector L Aguila; Melissa J Caimano; Victor P Francone; Mina Mina
Characterization of stem and progenitor cells in the dental pulp of erupted and unerupted murine molars.
Bone 2010;46(6):1639-51.
2010: Haijun Xu; Melissa J Caimano; Tao Lin; Ming He; Justin D Radolf; Steven J Norris; Frank Gherardini; Frank Gheradini; Alan J Wolfe; X Frank Yang
Role of acetyl-phosphate in activation of the Rrp2-RpoN-RpoS pathway in Borrelia burgdorferi.
PLoS pathogens 2010;6(9):e1001104.
2009: Star M Dunham-Ems; Melissa J Caimano; Utpal Pal; Charles W Wolgemuth; Christian H Eggers; Anamaria Balic; Justin D Radolf
Live imaging reveals a biphasic mode of dissemination of Borrelia burgdorferi within ticks.
The Journal of clinical investigation 2009;119(12):3652-65.
2009: Juan C Salazar; Star Duhnam-Ems; Carson La Vake; Adriana R Cruz; Meagan W Moore; Melissa J Caimano; Leonor Velez-Climent; Jonathan Shupe; Winfried Krueger; Justin D Radolf
Activation of human monocytes by live Borrelia burgdorferi generates TLR2-dependent and -independent responses which include induction of IFN-beta.
PLoS pathogens 2009;5(5):e1000444.
2009: Vishwaroop B Mulay; Melissa J Caimano; Radha Iyer; Star Dunham-Ems; Dionysios Liveris; Mary Petzke; Ira Schwartz; Justin D Radolf
Borrelia burgdorferi bba74 is expressed exclusively during tick feeding and is regulated by both arthropod- and mammalian host-specific signals.
Journal of bacteriology 2009;191(8):2783-94.
2008: Justin D Radolf; Melissa J Caimano
The long strange trip of Borrelia burgdorferi outer-surface protein C.
Molecular microbiology 2008;69(1):1-4.
2007: Melissa J Caimano; Radha Iyer; Christian H Eggers; Cynthia Gonzalez; Elizabeth A Morton; Michael A Gilbert; ira schwartz; Justin D Radolf
Analysis of the RpoS regulon in Borrelia burgdorferi in response to mammalian host signals provides insight into RpoS function during the enzootic cycle.
Molecular microbiology 2007;65(5):1193-217.
2007: Vishwaroop Mulay; Melissa J Caimano; Dionysios Liveris; Daniel Desrosiers; Justin D Radolf; ira schwartz
Borrelia burgdorferi BBA74, a periplasmic protein associated with the outer membrane, lacks porin-like properties.
Journal of bacteriology 2007;189(5):2063-8.
2006: Christian H Eggers; Melissa J Caimano; Justin D Radolf
Sigma factor selectivity in Borrelia burgdorferi: RpoS recognition of the ospE/ospF/elp promoters is dependent on the sequence of the -10 region.
Molecular microbiology 2006;59(6):1859-75.
2005: Melissa J Caimano; Christian H Eggers; Cynthia A Gonzalez; Justin D Radolf
Alternate sigma factor RpoS is required for the in vivo-specific repression of Borrelia burgdorferi plasmid lp54-borne ospA and lp6.6 genes.
Journal of bacteriology 2005;187(22):7845-52.
2005: Melissa J Caimano
Cultivation of Borrelia burgdorferi in dialysis membrane chambers in rat peritonea.
Current protocols in microbiology 2005;Chapter 12():Unit 12C.3.
2005: Mohammed Rafii-El-Idrissi Benhnia; Danielle Wroblewski; Muhammad Naveed Akhtar; Raina A Patel; Wendy A. Lavezzi; Sophie C Gangloff; Sanna Goyert; Melissa J Caimano; Justin D Radolf; Timothy J Sellati
Signaling through CD14 attenuates the inflammatory response to Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2005;174(3):1539-48.
2004: Melissa J Caimano; Christian H Eggers; Karsten R O Hazlett; Justin D Radolf
RpoS is not central to the general stress response in Borrelia burgdorferi but does control expression of one or more essential virulence determinants.
Infection and immunity 2004;72(11):6433-45.
2004: Christian H Eggers; Melissa J Caimano; Justin D Radolf
Analysis of promoter elements involved in the transcriptional initiation of RpoS-dependent Borrelia burgdorferi genes.
Journal of bacteriology 2004;186(21):7390-402.
2004: Dorothee Grimm; Christian H Eggers; Melissa J Caimano; Kit Tilly; Philip E Stewart; Abdallah Elias; Justin D Radolf; Patricia A Rosa
Experimental assessment of the roles of linear plasmids lp25 and lp28-1 of Borrelia burgdorferi throughout the infectious cycle.
Infection and immunity 2004;72(10):5938-46.
2004: Jon S Blevins; Andrew Revel; Melissa J Caimano; Xiaofeng F Yang; James A Richardson; Kayla E Hagman; Michael V Norgard
The luxS gene is not required for Borrelia burgdorferi tick colonization, transmission to a mammalian host, or induction of disease.
Infection and immunity 2004;72(8):4864-7.
2004: Fang Ting Liang; Melissa J Caimano; Justin D Radolf; Erol Fikrig
Borrelia burgdorferi outer surface protein (osp) B expression independent of ospA.
Microbial pathogenesis 2004;37(1):35-40.
2003: Sukanya Narasimhan; Melissa J Caimano; Fang Ting Liang; Felix Santiago; Michelle Laskowski; Mario T Philipp; Andrew R Pachner; Justin D Radolf; Erol Fikrig; Melissa J Camaino
Borrelia burgdorferi transcriptome in the central nervous system of non-human primates.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2003;100(26):15953-8.
2003: Juan C Salazar; Constance D Pope; Timothy J Sellati; Henry M Feder; Thomas G Kiely; Kenneth R Dardick; Ronald L Buckman; Meagan W Moore; Melissa J Caimano; Jonathan G Pope; Peter J Krause; Justin D Radolf
Coevolution of markers of innate and adaptive immunity in skin and peripheral blood of patients with erythema migrans.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2003;171(5):2660-70.
2003: Ashraf Fouad; Kee-Yeon Kum; Michael L Clawson; Jody Barry; C Abenoja; Qiang Zhu; Melissa J Caimano; Justin D Radolf
Molecular characterization of the presence of Eubacterium spp and Streptococcus spp in endodontic infections.
Oral microbiology and immunology 2003;18(4):249-55.
2003: Joye E Purser; Matthew B Lawrenz; Melissa J Caimano; Jerrilyn K Howell; Justin D Radolf; Steven J Norris
A plasmid-encoded nicotinamidase (PncA) is essential for infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi in a mammalian host.
Molecular microbiology 2003;48(3):753-64.
2003: Caroline Ojaimi; Chad Brooks; Sherwood Casjens; Patricia Rosa; Abdallah Elias; Alan G Barbour; Algis Jasinskas; Jorge Benach; Laura I Katona; Justin D Radolf; Melissa J Caimano; Jon Skare; Kristen Swingle; Darrin R Akins; ira schwartz
Profiling of temperature-induced changes in Borrelia burgdorferi gene expression by using whole genome arrays.
Infection and immunity 2003;71(4):1689-705.
2003: Nikhat Parveen; Melissa J Caimano; Justin D Radolf; John M Leong
Adaptation of the Lyme disease spirochaete to the mammalian host environment results in enhanced glycosaminoglycan and host cell binding.
Molecular microbiology 2003;47(5):1433-44.
2003: Julia V Bugrysheva; Elena Y Dobrikova; Marina L Sartakova; Melissa J Caimano; Thomas J Daniels; Justin D Radolf; Henry P Godfrey; Felipe C Cabello
Characterization of the stringent response and rel(Bbu) expression in Borrelia burgdorferi.
Journal of bacteriology 2003;185(3):957-65.
2002: David M Roberts; Melissa J Caimano; John McDowell; Michael Theisen; Arne Holm; Edward Orff; David Nelson; Stephen K Wikel; Justin D Radolf; Richard T Marconi
Environmental regulation and differential production of members of the Bdr protein family of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Infection and immunity 2002;70(12):7033-41.
2002: Ashraf Fouad; Jody Barry; Melissa J Caimano; Michael L Clawson; Qiang Zhu; Rachaele Carver; Karsten Hazlett; Justin D Radolf
PCR-based identification of bacteria associated with endodontic infections.
Journal of clinical microbiology 2002;40(9):3223-31.
2002: P Scott Hefty; Sarah E Jolliff; Melissa J Caimano; Stephen K Wikel; Darrin R Akins
Changes in temporal and spatial patterns of outer surface lipoprotein expression generate population heterogeneity and antigenic diversity in the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi.
Infection and immunity 2002;70(7):3468-78.
2002: Abdallah Elias; Philip E Stewart; Dorothee Grimm; Melissa J Caimano; Christian H Eggers; Kit Tilly; James L Bono; Darrin R Akins; Justin D Radolf; Tom G Schwan; Patricia Rosa
Clonal polymorphism of Borrelia burgdorferi strain B31 MI: implications for mutagenesis in an infectious strain background.
Infection and immunity 2002;70(4):2139-50.
2002: Caroline Ojaimi; Chad Brooks; Darrin R Akins; Sherwood Casjens; Patricia Rosa; Abdallah Elias; Alan G Barbour; Algis Jasinskas; Jorge Benach; Laura Katonah; Justin D Radolf; Melissa J Caimano; Jon Skare; Kristen Swingle; Simon Sims; ira schwartz
Borrelia burgdorferi gene expression profiling with membrane-based arrays.
Methods in enzymology 2002;358():165-77.
2002: Christian H Eggers; Melissa J Caimano; Michael L Clawson; William G Miller; D Scott Samuels; Justin D Radolf
Identification of loci critical for replication and compatibility of a Borrelia burgdorferi cp32 plasmid and use of a cp32-based shuttle vector for the expression of fluorescent reporters in the lyme disease spirochaete.
Molecular microbiology 2002;43(2):281-95.
2001: P Scott Hefty; Sarah E Jolliff; Melissa J Caimano; Stephen K Wikel; Justin D Radolf; Darrin R Akins
Regulation of OspE-related, OspF-related, and Elp lipoproteins of Borrelia burgdorferi strain 297 by mammalian host-specific signals.
Infection and immunity 2001;69(6):3618-27.
2001: Karsten R O Hazlett; Timothy J Sellati; T T Nguyen; David L Cox; Michael L Clawson; Melissa J Caimano; Justin D Radolf
The TprK protein of Treponema pallidum is periplasmic and is not a target of opsonic antibody or protective immunity.
The Journal of experimental medicine 2001;193(9):1015-26.
2000: Kayla E Hagman; X Yang; Stephen K Wikel; George B Schoeler; Melissa J Caimano; Justin D Radolf; Michael V Norgard
Decorin-binding protein A (DbpA) of Borrelia burgdorferi is not protective when immunized mice are challenged via tick infestation and correlates with the lack of DbpA expression by B. burgdorferi in ticks.
Infection and immunity 2000;68(8):4759-64.
2000: Douglas K Bergman; Melanie J Palmer; Melissa J Caimano; Justin D Radolf; Stephen K Wikel
Isolation and molecular cloning of a secreted immunosuppressant protein from Dermacentor andersoni salivary gland.
The Journal of parasitology 2000;86(3):516-25.
2000: Melissa J Caimano; X Yang; Taissia G Popova; Michael L Clawson; Darrin R Akins; Michael V Norgard; Justin D Radolf
Molecular and evolutionary characterization of the cp32/18 family of supercoiled plasmids in Borrelia burgdorferi 297.
Infection and immunity 2000;68(3):1574-86.
1999: X Yang; Taissia G Popova; Kayla E Hagman; Stephen K Wikel; George B Schoeler; Melissa J Caimano; Justin D Radolf; Michael V Norgard
Identification, characterization, and expression of three new members of the Borrelia burgdorferi Mlp (2.9) lipoprotein gene family.
Infection and immunity 1999;67(11):6008-18.
1999: Timothy J Sellati; DA Bouis; Melissa J Caimano; J A Feulner; C Ayers; Egil Lien; Justin D Radolf
Activation of human monocytic cells by Borrelia burgdorferi and Treponema pallidum is facilitated by CD14 and correlates with surface exposure of spirochetal lipoproteins.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 1999;163(4):2049-56.
1999: Melissa J Caimano; Kenneth W Bourell; T D Bannister; David L Cox; Justin D Radolf
The Treponema denticola major sheath protein is predominantly periplasmic and has only limited surface exposure.
Infection and immunity 1999;67(8):4072-83.
1999: Darrin R Akins; Melissa J Caimano; X Yang; F Cerna; Michael V Norgard; Justin D Radolf
Molecular and evolutionary analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi 297 circular plasmid-encoded lipoproteins with OspE- and OspF-like leader peptides.
Infection and immunity 1999;67(3):1526-32.
1998: Darrin R Akins; Kenneth W Bourell; Melissa J Caimano; Michael V Norgard; Justin D Radolf
A new animal model for studying Lyme disease spirochetes in a mammalian host-adapted state.
The Journal of clinical investigation 1998;101(10):2240-50.