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ArticleInfection and immunity2003

Regulation of expression of the Borrelia burgdorferi beta(3)-chain integrin ligand, P66, in ticks and in culture.

Carla Cugini, Melisa Medrano, Tom G Schwan, Jenifer Coburn

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Carla CuginiDepartment of Medicine, Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Melisa Medrano
Tom G Schwan
Jenifer Coburn
Tufts Medical Center · USNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USTufts University · US

Funding

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF MICROBIAL PATHOGENST32AI007422 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI Ralph R. Isberg · 1992 to 2026
$5.7M
MOLECULAR BASIS FOR INFECTION BY BORRELIA BURGDORFERIZ01AI000492 · NIAID · NIAID EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES · PI SCHWAN, TOM · 1987 to 2008
$1.5M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007422NIAID NIH HHS T32-AI-07422NIDDK NIH HHS 1 P30DK39428PHS HHS 40938
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Borrelia burgdorferi is maintained in an infection cycle between mammalian and arthropod hosts. Appropriate gene expression by B. burgdorferi at different stages of this cycle is probably essential for transmission and establishment of infection. The B. burgdorferi beta(3) integrin ligand P66 is expressed by the bacteria in mammals, laboratory culture, and engorged but not unfed ticks. No in vitro culture conditions in which P66 expression reflected that in the unfed tick were found, suggesting that there are aspects of B. burgdorferi-tick interaction that remain unexplored.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsAnimalsBorrelia burgdorferiCulture MediaFeeding BehaviorGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationIntegrin beta3IxodesLigandsMicePorinsTemperatureBacterial ProteinsCulture MediaIntegrin beta3LigandsOms66 protein, BorreliaPorins

Identifiers

PMID12540584
PMCPMC145366
OpenAlexW2067408716

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