Nikhat Parveen

Detection and quantification of Lyme spirochetes using sensitive and specific molecular beacon probes (2009)

Saidac, Diana S, Marras, Salvatore AE, Parveen, Nikhat

Abstract Background Lyme disease, caused by Borrelia burgdorferi , affects a large number of people in both the USA and Europe. The mouse is a natural host for this spirochete and is widely used as a...

Assessment of methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidases of Borrelia burgdorferi as targets for novel antimicrobials using a novel high-throughput method (2009)

Cornell, Kenneth A., Primus, Shekerah, Martinez, Jorge A., Parveen, Nikhat

Background Lyme disease is the most prevalent tick-borne disease in the USA with the highest number of cases (27 444 patients) reported by CDC in the year 2007, representing an unprecedented 37%...

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Bmc Microbiology, Diana S Saidac, Diana S. Saidac, Nikhat Parveen

This Provisional PDF corresponds to the article as it appeared upon acceptance. Fully formatted PDF and full text (HTML) versions will be made available soon. Detection and quantification of Lyme...

Decorin-binding proteins A and B confer distinct mammalian cell type-specific attachment by Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease spirochete (2003)

Fischer, Joshua Richard, Parveen, Nikhat, Magoun, Loranne, Leong, John M.

Host cell binding is an essential step in colonization by many bacterial pathogens, and the Lyme disease agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, which colonizes multiple tissues, is capable of attachment to...

Strain variation in glycosaminoglycan recognition influences cell-type-specific binding by lyme disease spirochetes (1999)

Parveen, Nikhat, Robbins, Douglas, Leong, John M.

Lyme disease, a chronic multisystemic disorder that can affect the skin, heart, joints, and nervous system is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Lyme disease spirochetes were previously shown...

Structural requirements for glycosaminoglycan recognition by the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi (1998)

Leong, John M., Robbins, Douglas, Rosenfeld, Louis, Lahiri, Biswajit, Parveen, Nikhat

Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, binds glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) such as heparin, heparan sulfate, and dermatan sulfate. Heparin or heparan sulfate fractions separated by size or charge...

Different classes of proteoglycans contribute to the attachment of Borrelia burgdorferi to cultured endothelial and brain cells (1998)

Leong, John M., Wang, Hong, Magoun, Loranne, Field, Jodie A., Morrissey, Pamela E., Robbins, Douglas, ...

The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, infects multiple tissues, such as the heart, joint, skin, and nervous system and has been shown to recognize heparan sulfate and dermatan sulfate...

Genetics of exopolysaccharide synthesis in rhizobium species strain TAL1145 that nodulates tree legumes /--by Nikhat Parveen. (1995)

Parveen, Nikhat.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995.

Genetics of exopolysaccharide synthesis in rhizobium species strain TAL1145 that nodulates tree legumes (1995)

Parveen, Nikhat

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1995.

Strain Variation in Glycosaminoglycan Recognition Influences Cell-Type-Specific Binding by Lyme Disease Spirochetes

Parveen, Nikhat, Robbins, Douglas, Leong, John M.

Lyme disease, a chronic multisystemic disorder that can affect the skin, heart, joints, and nervous system is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Lyme disease spirochetes were previously shown...

Different Classes of Proteoglycans Contribute to the Attachment of Borrelia burgdorferi to Cultured Endothelial and Brain Cells

Leong, John M., Wang, Hong, Magoun, Loranne, Field, Jodie A., Morrissey, Pamela E., Robbins, Douglas, ...

The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, infects multiple tissues, such as the heart, joint, skin, and nervous system and has been shown to recognize heparan sulfate and dermatan sulfate...

Structural Requirements for Glycosaminoglycan Recognition by the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi†

Leong, John M., Robbins, Douglas, Rosenfeld, Louis, Lahiri, Biswajit, Parveen, Nikhat

Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, binds glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) such as heparin, heparan sulfate, and dermatan sulfate. Heparin or heparan sulfate fractions separated by size or charge...

Decorin-binding proteins A and B confer distinct mammalian cell type-specific attachment by Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease spirochete

Fischer, Joshua R., Parveen, Nikhat, Magoun, Loranne, Leong, John M.

Host cell binding is an essential step in colonization by many bacterial pathogens, and the Lyme disease agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, which colonizes multiple tissues, is capable of attachment to...

Bgp, a Secreted Glycosaminoglycan-Binding Protein of Borrelia burgdorferi Strain N40, Displays Nucleosidase Activity and Is Not Essential for Infection of Immunodeficient Mice†

Parveen, Nikhat, Cornell, Kenneth A., Bono, James L., Chamberland, Christen, Rosa, Patricia, Leong, John M.

Bgp, one of the surface-localized glycosaminoglycan-binding proteins of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, exhibited nucleosidase activity. Infection of SCID mice with B. burgdorferi...

Strain Variation in Glycosaminoglycan Recognition Influences Cell-Type-Specific Binding by Lyme Disease Spirochetes

Parveen, Nikhat, Robbins, Douglas, Leong, John M.

Lyme disease, a chronic multisystemic disorder that can affect the skin, heart, joints, and nervous system is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Lyme disease spirochetes were previously shown...

Different Classes of Proteoglycans Contribute to the Attachment of Borrelia burgdorferi to Cultured Endothelial and Brain Cells

Leong, John M., Wang, Hong, Magoun, Loranne, Field, Jodie A., Morrissey, Pamela E., Robbins, Douglas, ...

The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, infects multiple tissues, such as the heart, joint, skin, and nervous system and has been shown to recognize heparan sulfate and dermatan sulfate...

Structural Requirements for Glycosaminoglycan Recognition by the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi†

Leong, John M., Robbins, Douglas, Rosenfeld, Louis, Lahiri, Biswajit, Parveen, Nikhat

Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease agent, binds glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) such as heparin, heparan sulfate, and dermatan sulfate. Heparin or heparan sulfate fractions separated by size or charge...

Decorin-binding proteins A and B confer distinct mammalian cell type-specific attachment by Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease spirochete

Fischer, Joshua R., Parveen, Nikhat, Magoun, Loranne, Leong, John M.

Host cell binding is an essential step in colonization by many bacterial pathogens, and the Lyme disease agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, which colonizes multiple tissues, is capable of attachment to...

Bgp, a Secreted Glycosaminoglycan-Binding Protein of Borrelia burgdorferi Strain N40, Displays Nucleosidase Activity and Is Not Essential for Infection of Immunodeficient Mice†

Parveen, Nikhat, Cornell, Kenneth A., Bono, James L., Chamberland, Christen, Rosa, Patricia, Leong, John M.

Bgp, one of the surface-localized glycosaminoglycan-binding proteins of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, exhibited nucleosidase activity. Infection of SCID mice with B. burgdorferi...

Detection and quantification of Lyme spirochetes using sensitive and specific molecular beacon probes

Saidac, Diana S, Marras, Salvatore AE, Parveen, Nikhat

Borrelia burgdorferi Lacking DbpBA Exhibits an Early Survival Defect during Experimental Infection▿

Weening, Eric H., Parveen, Nikhat, Trzeciakowski, Jerome P., Leong, John M., Höök, Magnus, Skare, Jonathan T.

Several Borrelia burgdorferi genes induced under mammalian host conditions have been purported to be important in Lyme disease pathogenesis based on their binding to host structures. These genes...