The β3-integrin ligand of Borrelia burgdorferi is critical for infection of mice but not ticks

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1105-1118

  Ristow, Laura C ^a   Miller, Halli E ^a   Padmore, Lavinia J ^a   Chettri, Rekha ^a   Salzman, Nita ^a   Caimano, Melissa J ^b   Rosa, Patricia A ^c   Coburn, Jenifer ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA3 INTEGRIN; CYTOKINE; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PROTEIN P66; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYME DISEASE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TICK; TICK BITE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; INTEGRIN BETA3; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PORINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; TICKS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84866024708     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08160.x     Document Type: Article

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