Regulatory Protein BBD18 of the Lyme Disease Spirochete: Essential Role During Tick Acquisition?
ABSTRACT The Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi senses and responds to environmental cues as it transits between the tick vector and vertebrate host. Failure to properly adapt can block transmission of the spirochete and persistence in either vector or host. We previously identified BBD18,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2014-05-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01017-14 |