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Distinct regulatory pathways control expression of Borrelia burgdorferi infection-associated OspC and Erp surface

K Babb1, N El-Hage, J C Miller

  • 1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington 40536-0298, USA.

Infection and Immunity
|May 12, 2001
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