An Inverted Repeat in the ospC Operator Is Required for Induction in Borrelia burgdorferi

Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete that causes Lyme disease, differentially regulates synthesis of the outer membrane lipoprotein OspC to infect its host. OspC is required to establish infection but then repressed in the mammal to avoid clearance by the adaptive immune response. Inverted repeats...

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Main Authors: Drecktrah, Dan, Hall, Laura S., Hoon-Hanks, Laura L., Samuels, D. Scott
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700930/