DksA-dependent regulation of RpoS contributes to Borrelia burgdorferi tick-borne transmission and mammalian infectivity

• William K. Boyle,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9322-6751

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• Crystal L. Richards,

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

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Gene Regulation Section, Division of Intramural Research, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5112-5095

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• Daniel P. Dulebohn,

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

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Gene Regulation Section, Division of Intramural Research, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

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• Amanda K. Zalud,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2119-5372

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• Jeff A. Shaw,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6064-6012

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• Sándor Lovas,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5089-5186

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• Frank C. Gherardini,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Gene Regulation Section, Division of Intramural Research, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1063-7131

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• Travis J. Bourret

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: travisbourret@creighton.edu

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-929X

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