Cyclic di-GMP is Essential for the Survival of the Lyme Disease Spirochete in Ticks

Ming He; Zhiming Ouyang; Bryan Troxell; Haijun Xu; Akira Moh; Joseph Piesman; Michael V. Norgard; Mark Gomelsky; X. Frank Yang

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002133

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Cyclic di-GMP is Essential for the Survival of the Lyme Disease Spirochete in Ticks

Ming He,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Zhiming Ouyang,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, Unites States of America
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Bryan Troxell,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Haijun Xu,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Institute of Insect Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Akira Moh,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Joseph Piesman,

Affiliation Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Michael V. Norgard,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, Unites States of America
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Mark Gomelsky,

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America
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X. Frank Yang

* E-mail: xfyang@iupui.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Cyclic di-GMP is Essential for the Survival of the Lyme Disease Spirochete in Ticks

Ming He,
Zhiming Ouyang,
Bryan Troxell,
Haijun Xu,
Akira Moh,
Joseph Piesman,
Michael V. Norgard,
Mark Gomelsky,
X. Frank Yang

Published: June 30, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1002133

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