Live imaging reveals a biphasic mode of dissemination of Borrelia burgdorferi within ticks

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3652-3665

  Dunham Ems, Star M ^a   Caimano, Melissa J ^a   Pal, Utpal ^b,c   Wolgemuth, Charles W ^a   Eggers, Christian H ^d   Balic, Anamaria ^a   Radolf, Justin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^d QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEEDING; HYPERTROPHY; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SALIVARY GLAND;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLANDS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 72849134856     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI39401     Document Type: Article

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