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ArticleCurrent protocols2021

Transformation of Borrelia burgdorferi.

J Seshu, Brian E Moy, Taylor MacMackin Ingle

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Article in Current protocols, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 46% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J SeshuDepartment of Biology, South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
Brian E MoyDepartment of Biology, South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
Taylor MacMackin IngleDepartment of Biology, South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
Texas Center for Infectious Disease · US

Funding

Mechanisms of host-specific regulation in Borrelia burgdorferiR21AI123837 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO · PI SESHU, JANAKIRAM · 2017 to 2018
$404k
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesNIAID NIH HHS R21 AI123837
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Transformation techniques used to genetically manipulate Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease, play a critical role in generating mutants that facilitate analyses of the role of genes in the pathophysiology of this bacterium. A number of borrelial mutants have been successfully isolated and characterized since the first electrotransformation procedure was established 25 years ago (Samuels, 1995). This article is directed at additional considerations for transforming infectious B. burgdorferi to generate strains retaining the plasmid profile of the parental strain, enabling analysis of transformants for in vitro and in vivo phenotypes. These methods are built on previously published protocols and are intended to add steps and tips to enhance transformation efficiency and recovery of strains amenable for studies involving colonization, survival, and transmission of B. burgdorferi during the vector and vertebrate phases of infection. © 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Preparation of stock cultures, propagation of spirochetes, and analysis of plasmid profiles Basic Protocol 2: Preparation of plasmid and linear DNA templates for transformation Basic Protocol 3: Transformation of B. burgdorferi Basic Protocol 4: Antibiotic selection of borrelial transformants Basic Protocol 5: Isolation of borrelial transformants in agar overlays Basic Protocol 6: Complementation of mutant borrelial strains in cis or in trans.

Indexed as

Borrelia burgdorferiLyme DiseaseHumansPlasmidsBorrelia burgdorfericircular plasmidsgenetic manipulationisolation of mutantslinear plasmidsLyme diseasetransformation methodsvirulencewhole-genome sequencing

Identifiers

PMID33661557
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