The luxS Gene Is Not Required for Borrelia burgdorferi Tick Colonization, Transmission to a Mammalian Host, or Induction of Disease

luxS mutants of Borrelia burgdorferi strain 297 naturally colonized their arthropod (Ixodes scapularis) vector, were maintained in ticks throughout the molting process (larvae to nymphs), were tick transmitted to uninfected mice, and elicited histopathology in mice indistinguishable from that induce...

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Published in:	Infect Immun
Main Authors:	Blevins, Jon S., Revel, Andrew T., Caimano, Melissa J., Yang, Xiaofeng F., Richardson, James A., Hagman, Kayla E., Norgard, Michael V.
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2004
Subjects:	Molecular Pathogenesis
Online Access:	https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC470628/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15271949/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.72.8.4864-4867.2004
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