Molecular Interactions that Enable Movement of the Lyme Disease Agent from the Tick Gut into the Hemolymph

Lili Zhang; Yue Zhang; Sarojini Adusumilli; Lei Liu; Sukanya Narasimhan; Jianfeng Dai; Yang O. Zhao; Erol Fikrig

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002079

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Molecular Interactions that Enable Movement of the Lyme Disease Agent from the Tick Gut into the Hemolymph

Lili Zhang,

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Yue Zhang,

Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America
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Sarojini Adusumilli,

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Lei Liu,

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Sukanya Narasimhan,

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Jianfeng Dai,

Affiliation Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Yang O. Zhao,

Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America
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Erol Fikrig

* E-mail: erol.fikrig@yale.edu

Affiliations Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America
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Molecular Interactions that Enable Movement of the Lyme Disease Agent from the Tick Gut into the Hemolymph

Lili Zhang,
Yue Zhang,
Sarojini Adusumilli,
Lei Liu,
Sukanya Narasimhan,
Jianfeng Dai,
Yang O. Zhao,
Erol Fikrig

Published: June 9, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002079

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