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  1. Breaking a barrier: In trans vlsE recombination and genetic manipulation of the native vlsE gene of the Lyme disease pathogen

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, January 2025, PLOS

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  2. Development and Application of an In Vitro Tick Feeding System to Identify Ixodes Tick Environment-Induced Genes of the Lyme Disease Agent, Borrelia burgdorferi

    Article • Pathogens, June 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  3. Deletion of a Genetic Region of lp17 Affects Plasmid Copy Number in Borrelia burgdorferi

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, April 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  4. An lp17-encoded small non-coding RNA with a potential regulatory role in mammalian host adaptation by the Lyme disease spirochete

    Article • November 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  5. The Borrelia burgdorferi VlsE Lipoprotein Prevents Antibody Binding to an Arthritis-Related Surface Antigen

    Article • Cell Reports, March 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  6. A Small Intergenic Region of lp17 is Required for Evasion of Adaptive Immunity and Induction of Pathology by the Lyme Disease Spirochete

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  7. Cis -acting DNA elements flanking the variable major protein expression site of Borrelia hermsii are required for murine persistence

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, December 2017, Wiley

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  8. Investigating the potential role of non-vls genes on linear plasmid 28–1 in virulence and persistence by Borrelia burgdorferi

    Article • BMC Microbiology, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  9. Characterization of a DNA Adenine Methyltransferase Gene of Borrelia hermsii and Its Dispensability for Murine Infection and Persistence

    Article • PLOS One, May 2016, PLOS

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  10. Antigenic Variation in Bacterial Pathogens

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, February 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  11. Role of the VlsE Lipoprotein in Immune Avoidance by the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi

    Article • Forum on Immunopathological Diseases and Therapeutics, January 2016, Begell House

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  12. Evaluation of the Importance of VlsE Antigenic Variation for the Enzootic Cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi

    Article • PLOS One, April 2015, PLOS

    Dr Troy Bankhead, Timothy Casselli

  13. Use of in vivo Expression Technology for the Identification of Putative Host Adaptation Factors of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

    Article • Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, January 2015, Karger Publishers

    Dr Troy Bankhead, Timothy Casselli

  14. Bacterial Heterogeneity Is a Requirement for Host Superinfection by the Lyme Disease Spirochete

    Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  15. Characterization of the North American beaver (Castor canadensis) papillomavirus genome

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  16. Presence of Arp Specifically Contributes to Joint Tissue Edema Associated with Early-Onset Lyme Arthritis

    Article • Infection and Immunity, October 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  17. Variable VlsE Is Critical for Host Reinfection by the Lyme Disease Spirochete

    Article • PLOS One, April 2013, PLOS

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  18. Altered Murine Tissue Colonization by Borrelia burgdorferi following Targeted Deletion of Linear Plasmid 17-Carried Genes

    Article • Infection and Immunity, February 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Troy Bankhead, Timothy Casselli

  19. Antigenic Variation of VlsE in Borrelia burgdorferi

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  20. ‘Nothing is permanent but change’†- antigenic variation in persistent bacterial pathogens

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, August 2009, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  21. Real-Time 3D Imaging of Lyme Disease Bacterium's Vascular Interactions in a Living Host

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, June 2008, PLOS

    Dr Troy Bankhead, Professor Tara J Moriarty

  22. The role of VlsE antigenic variation in the Lyme disease spirochete: persistence through a mechanism that differs from other pathogens

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2007, Wiley

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  23. Unexpected twist: harnessing the energy in positive supercoils to control telomere resolution

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2006, Wiley

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  24. Differential Telomere Processing by Borrelia Telomere Resolvases In Vitro but Not In Vivo

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Troy Bankhead, Alan Barbour

  25. Mixing active-site components: A recipe for the unique enzymatic activity of a telomere resolvase

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2004, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  26. Mutations at Residues 282, 286, and 293 of Phage λ Integrase Exert Pathway-Specific Effects on Synapsis and Catalysis in Recombination

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  27. Characterization of a Mutation of Bacteriophage λ Integrase

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, August 2000, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Troy Bankhead

  28. The Amino Terminus of Bacteriophage λ Integrase Is Involved in Protein-Protein Interactions during Recombination

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2000, ASM Journals

    Dr Troy Bankhead