Mollie W Jewett

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Affiliation: University of Central Florida
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Molecular characterization of the Borrelia burgdorferi in vivo-essential protein PncA
    Mollie W Jewett
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
    Microbiology 157:2831-40. 2011
  2. ncbi GuaA and GuaB are essential for Borrelia burgdorferi survival in the tick-mouse infection cycle
    Mollie W Jewett
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA
    J Bacteriol 191:6231-41. 2009
  3. ncbi Genetic basis for retention of a critical virulence plasmid of Borrelia burgdorferi
    Mollie W Jewett
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
    Mol Microbiol 66:975-90. 2007
  4. ncbi The critical role of the linear plasmid lp36 in the infectious cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi
    Mollie W Jewett
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
    Mol Microbiol 64:1358-74. 2007
  5. ncbi Use of the Cre-lox recombination system to investigate the lp54 gene requirement in the infectious cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi
    Aaron Bestor
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA
    Infect Immun 78:2397-407. 2010
  6. ncbi Rapid clearance of Lyme disease spirochetes lacking OspC from skin
    Kit Tilly
    Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA
    Infect Immun 75:1517-9. 2007
  7. ncbi Borrelia burgdorferi bb0426 encodes a 2'-deoxyribosyltransferase that plays a central role in purine salvage
    Kevin A Lawrence
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
    Mol Microbiol 72:1517-29. 2009
  8. ncbi lacZ reporter system for use in Borrelia burgdorferi
    Beth M Hayes
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 76:7407-12. 2010
  9. ncbi Borrelia burgdorferi OspC protein required exclusively in a crucial early stage of mammalian infection
    Kit Tilly
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
    Infect Immun 74:3554-64. 2006

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Publications9

  1. ncbi Molecular characterization of the Borrelia burgdorferi in vivo-essential protein PncA
    Mollie W Jewett
    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
    Microbiology 157:2831-40. 2011
    ..These findings are an important first step in understanding the catalytic function of this in vivo-essential protein...
  2. ncbi GuaA and GuaB are essential for Borrelia burgdorferi survival in the tick-mouse infection cycle
    Mollie W Jewett
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA
    J Bacteriol 191:6231-41. 2009
    ..burgdorferi in the infection cycle and highlight a potential difference in the requirements for purine salvage in the disparate mammalian and tick environments...
  3. ncbi Genetic basis for retention of a critical virulence plasmid of Borrelia burgdorferi
    Mollie W Jewett
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
    Mol Microbiol 66:975-90. 2007
    ..We conclude that the genetic linkage of critical physiological and virulence functions on cp26 is pertinent to its stable maintenance throughout the evolution of B. burgdorferi...
  4. ncbi The critical role of the linear plasmid lp36 in the infectious cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi
    Mollie W Jewett
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
    Mol Microbiol 64:1358-74. 2007
    ..This work establishes a vital role for lp36 in the infectious cycle of B. burgdorferi and identifies the bbk17 gene as a component of this plasmid that contributes to mammalian infectivity...
  5. ncbi Use of the Cre-lox recombination system to investigate the lp54 gene requirement in the infectious cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi
    Aaron Bestor
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA
    Infect Immun 78:2397-407. 2010
    ..burgdorferi and surprisingly revealed that a large number of the highly conserved proteins encoded on lp54 are not required to complete the infectious cycle...
  6. ncbi Rapid clearance of Lyme disease spirochetes lacking OspC from skin
    Kit Tilly
    Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana 59840, USA
    Infect Immun 75:1517-9. 2007
    ..To delineate this requirement, we analyzed the clearance of ospC mutant spirochetes and found that they were eliminated within 48 h. We conclude that B. burgdorferi uses OspC to resist innate host defenses immediately after transmission...
  7. ncbi Borrelia burgdorferi bb0426 encodes a 2'-deoxyribosyltransferase that plays a central role in purine salvage
    Kevin A Lawrence
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
    Mol Microbiol 72:1517-29. 2009
    ..This pathway provides additional biochemical flexibility for B. burgdorferi when it colonizes and infects different host tissues...
  8. ncbi lacZ reporter system for use in Borrelia burgdorferi
    Beth M Hayes
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 76:7407-12. 2010
    ..The addition of lacZ to the repertoire of genetic tools available for use in B. burgdorferi should contribute to a better understanding of how B. burgdorferi gene expression is regulated during the infectious cycle...
  9. ncbi Borrelia burgdorferi OspC protein required exclusively in a crucial early stage of mammalian infection
    Kit Tilly
    Laboratory of Zoonotic Pathogens, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
    Infect Immun 74:3554-64. 2006
    ..We conclude that OspC is indispensable for establishing infection by B. burgdorferi in mammals but is not required at any other point of the mouse-tick infection cycle...