Borrelia burgdorferi requires the alternative sigma factor RpoS for dissemination within the vector during tick-to-mammal transmission

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Dunham Ems, Star M ^a   Caimano, Melissa J ^a   Eggers, Christian H ^b   Radolf, Justin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BB0365 PROTEIN; BB0670 PROTEIN; BB0728 PROTEIN; BBA52 PROTEIN; OSPC PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYMPH; MORPHOTYPE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; REGULON; TICK; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE VECTORS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 84860899834     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002532     Document Type: Article

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