Analysis of an Ordered, Comprehensive STM Mutant Library in Infectious Borrelia burgdorferi: Insights into the Genes Required for Mouse Infectivity

Tao Lin; Lihui Gao; Chuhua Zhang; Evelyn Odeh; Mary B. Jacobs; Loïc Coutte; George Chaconas; Mario T. Philipp; Steven J. Norris

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047532

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Analysis of an Ordered, Comprehensive STM Mutant Library in Infectious Borrelia burgdorferi: Insights into the Genes Required for Mouse Infectivity

Tao Lin ,

* E-mail: Tao.Lin@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Lihui Gao,

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Chuhua Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Evelyn Odeh,

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Mary B. Jacobs,

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Tulane Regional Primate Research Center, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America
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Loïc Coutte,

Current address: Institut de Biologie de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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George Chaconas,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Mario T. Philipp,

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Tulane Regional Primate Research Center, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, Covington, Louisiana, United States of America
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Steven J. Norris

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Analysis of an Ordered, Comprehensive STM Mutant Library in Infectious Borrelia burgdorferi: Insights into the Genes Required for Mouse Infectivity

Tao Lin,
Lihui Gao,
Chuhua Zhang,
Evelyn Odeh,
Mary B. Jacobs,
Loïc Coutte,
George Chaconas,
Mario T. Philipp,
Steven J. Norris

Published: October 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047532

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Publication: Infection Control Today
Title: “Scientists Step Up Hunt for Bacterial Genes Tied to Lyme Disease”
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Title: “Scientists hope to unravel mystery of how Borrelia burgdorferi causes Lyme disease”
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Analysis of an Ordered, Comprehensive STM Mutant Library in Infectious Borrelia burgdorferi: Insights into the Genes Required for Mouse Infectivity

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