Breaking a barrier: In trans vlsE recombination and genetic manipulation of the native vlsE gene of the Lyme disease pathogen

• Preeti Singh,

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

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

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• Troy Bankhead

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

  * E-mail: tbankhead@wsu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0298

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