Strain-Specific Variation of the Decorin-Binding Adhesin DbpA Influences the Tissue Tropism of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

• Yi-Pin Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Vivian Benoit,

  Current address: Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Xiuli Yang,

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

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• Raúl Martínez-Herranz,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Utpal Pal,

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America, Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

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• John M. Leong

  * E-mail: John.Leong@tufts.edu

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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