Our study is the first to demonstrate BadR as a repressor of rpoS and thus facilitates spirocheteM-bM-^@M-^Ys transition back into ticks. BadR binds upstream and represses rpoS in unfed ticks. GLcNA-6P, an abundant nutrient of blood and released by subsequent remodeling of the tick peritrophic memb...
ORGANISM(S): Borrelia burgdorferi B31