Publications

Mason C, Liu X, Prabhudeva S, Ouyang Z. The CXXC Motifs Are Essential for the Function of BosR in Borrelia burgdorferi. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microiology. Published online 2019.

Mandraju R, Jain A, Gao Y, Ouyang Z, Norgard M V, Pasare C. MyD88 Signaling in T Cells Is Critical for Effector CD4 T Cell Differentiation following a Transitional T Follicular Helper Cell Stage. Infection and Immunity. Published online 2018.

Ouyang Z, Zhou J. The putative Walker A and Walker B motifs of Rrp2 are required for the growth of Borrelia burgdorferi. Molecular microbiology. Published online 2017.

Ouyang Z, Zhou J, Norgard M V. Evidence that BosR (BB0647) Is a Positive Autoregulator in Borrelia burgdorferi. Infection and Immunity. Published online 2016.

Ouyang Z, Zhou J. BadR (BB0693) controls growth phase-dependent induction of rpoS and bosR in Borrelia burgdorferi via recognizing TAAAATAT motifs. Molecular microbiology. Published online 2015.

Ouyang Z, Zhou J, Brautigam CA, Deka RK, Norgard M V. Identification of a core sequence for the binding of BosR to the rpoS promoter region in Borrelia burgdorferi. Microbiology. Published online 2014.

Ouyang Z, Zhou J, Norgard M V. Synthesis of RpoS is dependent on a putative enhancer binding protein Rrp2 in Borrelia burgdorferi. PLoS One. Published online 2014.

Brautigam CA, Ouyang Z, Deka RK, Norgard M V. Sequence, biophysical, and structural analyses of the PstS lipoprotein (BB0215) from Borrelia burgdorferi reveal a likely binding component of an ABC-type phosphate transporter. Protein science. Published online 2014.

Ouyang Z, Zhou J, Norgard M V. CsrA (BB0184) is not involved in activation of the RpoN-RpoS regulatory pathway in Borrelia burgdorferi. Infection and Immunity. Published online 2014.

Ouyang Z, Narasimhan S, Neelakanta G, et al. Activation of the RpoN-RpoS regulatory pathway during the enzootic life cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi. BMC microbiology. Published online 2012.