HrpA, an RNA Helicase Involved in RNA Processing, Is Required for Mouse Infectivity and Tick Transmission of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

• Aydan Salman-Dilgimen,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Pierre-Olivier Hardy,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Justin D. Radolf,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbial and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Genetics & Developmental Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Immunology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• Melissa J. Caimano,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbial and Structural Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

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• George Chaconas

  * E-mail: chaconas@ucalgary.ca

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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