Motility is crucial for the infectious life cycle of borrelia burgdorferi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2012-2021

  Sultan, Syed Z ^a   Manne, Akarsh ^a   Stewart, Philip E ^b   Bestor, Aaron ^b   Rosa, Patricia A ^b   Charon, Nyles W ^c   Motaleba, M A ^a,c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FLAGELLIN; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; NYMPH;

EID: 84877811303     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01228-12     Document Type: Article

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