Melisha R. Kenedy

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

Melissa J. Caimano, Melisha R. Kenedy, Toru Kairu et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2011 · 92 citations · Full text

Signal Transduction, Allergy, Borrelia Burgdorferi +14

Cyclic di-GMP Modulates Gene Expression in Lyme Disease Spirochetes at the Tick-Mammal Interface To Promote Spirochete Survival during the Blood Meal and Tick-to-Mammal Transmission

Melissa J. Caimano, Star Dunham-Ems, Anna M. Allard et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2015 · 90 citations · Full text

CspA-Mediated Binding of Human Factor H Inhibits Complement Deposition and Confers Serum Resistance in <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>

Melisha R. Kenedy, Santosh R. Vuppala, Corinna Siegel et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2009 · 79 citations · Full text

Humoral Response, Immunology, Innate Immune System +16

Borrelia burgdorferi Complement Regulator-Acquiring Surface Protein 2 Does Not Contribute to Complement Resistance or Host Infectivity

Adam S. Coleman, Xiuli Yang, Manish Kumar et al. · PLoS ONE · 2008 · 66 citations · Full text

Microbial Pathogens, Innate Immune System, Immunology +16

The TamB ortholog of <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> interacts with the β‐barrel assembly machine (BAM) complex protein BamA

Henna Iqbal, Melisha R. Kenedy, Meghan Lybecker et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2016 · 59 citations · Full text

Protein Bama, Microbial Pathogens, Borrelia Burgdorferi +15