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Gac Is a Transcriptional Repressor of the Lyme Disease Spirochete’s OspC Virulence-Associated Surface Protein
The OspC outer-surface lipoprotein is essential for the Lyme disease spirochete’s initial phase of vertebrate infection. Bacteria within the midguts of unfed ticks do not express OspC but produce high levels when ticks begin to ingest blood. Lyme disease spirochetes cease production of OspC within 1...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10127594/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36920207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.00440-22 |