Solving a sticky problem: New genetic approaches to host cell adhesion by the Lyme disease spirochete

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1182-1195

  Coburn, Jenifer ^a   Fischer, Joshua R ^b   Leong, John M ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECORIN; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIFE CYCLE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SPIROCHETE; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LYME DISEASE; MICE; TICKS;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 23844515087     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04759.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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