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Outer Surface Protein OspC Is an Antiphagocytic Factor That Protects Borrelia burgdorferi from Phagocytosis by Macrophages

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Novel Microbial Virulence Factor Triggers Murine Lyme Arthritis

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BB0347, from the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, Is Surface Exposed and Interacts with the CS1 Heparin-Binding Domain of Human Fibronectin

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The Enolase of Borrelia burgdorferi Is a Plasminogen Receptor Released in Outer Membrane Vesicles

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Bioluminescent imaging of Borrelia burgdorferi in vivo demonstrates that the fibronectin-binding protein BBK32 is required for optimal infectivity

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Identification of residues within ligand-binding domain 1 (LBD1) of theBorrelia burgdorferiOspC protein required for function in the mammalian environment

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Borrelia burgdorferi Resistance to a Major Skin Antimicrobial Peptide Is Independent of Outer Surface Lipoprotein Content

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Borrelia burgdorferi BmpA Is a Laminin-Binding Protein

(2009) A. Verma et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Borrelia burgdorferismall lipoprotein Lp6.6 is a member of multiple protein complexes in the outer membrane and facilitates pathogen transmission from ticks to mice

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A Chromosomally Encoded Virulence Factor Protects the Lyme Disease Pathogen against Host-Adaptive Immunity

(2009) Xiuli Yang et al.   PLoS Pathogens

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