Strain-specific variation of the decorin-binding adhesin DbpA influences the tissue tropism of the lyme disease spirochete. by Yi-Pin Lin, Vivian Benoit, Xiuli Yang, Raúl Martínez-Herranz, Utpal Pal, John M Leong

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Microbial genetic variation impacts host eco-immunological strategies and microparasite fitness in Lyme borreliae-reptile system by Tristan A. Nowak, Carly Fernandes, Jill Malfetano, Erica Lasek-Nesselquist, Matthew Combs, Klemen Strle, Russell L. Burke, Yi-Pin Lin

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Polymorphic factor H-binding activity of CspA protects Lyme borreliae from the host complement in feeding ticks to facilitate tick-to-host transmission. by Thomas Hart, Ngoc Thien Thu Nguyen, Nancy A Nowak, Fuming Zhang, Robert J Linhardt, Maria Diuk-Wasser, Sanjay Ram, Peter Kraiczy, Yi-Pin Lin

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Borrelial phosphomannose isomerase as a cell surface localized protein that retains enzymatic activity and promotes host-pathogen interaction by Shraboni Dutta, Vipin S. Rana, Brian T. Backstedt, Anil K. Shakya, Chrysoula Kitsou, Ozlem B. Yas, Alexis A. Smith, Michael H. Ronzetti, Rachel M. Lipman, Sarai Araujo-Aris, Xiuli Yang, Ganesha Rai, Yi-Pin Lin, Osnat Herzberg, Utpal Pal

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Mechanistic insights into the structure-based design of a CspZ-targeting Lyme disease vaccine by Kalvis Brangulis, Jill Malfetano, Ashley L. Marcinkiewicz, Alan Wang, Yi-Lin Chen, Jungsoon Lee, Zhuyun Liu, Xiuli Yang, Ulrich Strych, Dagnija Tupina, Inara Akopjana, Maria-Elena Bottazzi, Utpal Pal, Ching-Lin Hsieh, Wen-Hsiang Chen, Yi-Pin Lin

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