The intergenic small non-coding RNA ittA is required for optimal infectivity and tissue tropism in Borrelia burgdorferi

• Diana N. Medina-Pérez,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5060-6279

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• Beau Wager,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

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

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• Erin Troy,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5157-3683

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• Lihui Gao,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Steven J. Norris,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Tao Lin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Linden Hu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

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

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1659-5558

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• Jenny A. Hyde,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

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• Meghan Lybecker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4861-1463

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• Jon T. Skare

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jskare@tamu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8378-7862

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