A murine model of Lyme disease demonstrates that Borrelia burgdorferi colonizes the dura mater and induces inflammation in the central nervous system

Timothy Casselli, Ali Divan, Emilie E. Vomhof‐DeKrey, +3

PLoS Pathogens

DNA Methylation by Restriction Modification Systems Affects the Global Transcriptome Profile in Borrelia burgdorferi

Timothy Casselli, Yvonne Tourand, Adam Scheidegger, +4

Journal of Bacteriology

Sequence‐specific recognition but position‐dependent cleavage of two distinct telomeres by the <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> telomere resolvase, ResT

Yvonne Tourand, Kerri Kobryn, George Chaconas

Molecular Microbiology

Characterization and in Vitro Reaction Properties of 19 Unique Hairpin Telomeres from the Linear Plasmids of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

Yvonne Tourand, Jan Deneke, Tara J. Moriarty, +1

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Differential Telomere Processing by<i>Borrelia</i>Telomere Resolvases In Vitro but Not In Vivo

Yvonne Tourand, Troy Bankhead, Sandra L. Wilson, +5

Journal of Bacteriology

Comparative GenomicsGeneticsDifferential Telomere ProcessingMolecular BiologyGenomics +14

Borrelia burgdorferi SpoVG DNA- and RNA-Binding Protein Modulates the Physiology of the Lyme Disease Spirochete

Christina R. Savage, Brandon L. Jutras, Aaron Bestor, +6

Journal of Bacteriology

Evaluation of the Importance of VlsE Antigenic Variation for the Enzootic Cycle of Borrelia burgdorferi

Artem S. Rogovskyy, Timothy Casselli, Yvonne Tourand, +5

PLoS ONE

Vector-borne PathogenEnzootic CycleVls MutationPathogenesisImmunology +12

Telomere resolution by <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> ResT through the collaborative efforts of tethered DNA binding domains

Yvonne Tourand, Linda Lee, George Chaconas

Molecular Microbiology

Protein AssemblyStructural BioinformaticsMolecular BiologyMolecular GeneticsLyme Disease +16

Altered Murine Tissue Colonization by Borrelia burgdorferi following Targeted Deletion of Linear Plasmid 17-Carried Genes

Timothy Casselli, Yvonne Tourand, Troy Bankhead

Infection and Immunity

Mutant StrainMedical MicrobiologyDisease MechanismPathogen TransmissionPathogenesis +12

A small intergenic region of lp17 is required for evasion of adaptive immunity and induction of pathology by the Lyme disease spirochete

Timothy Casselli, Michael Crowley, Margaret A. Highland, +2

Cellular Microbiology

Microbial PathogensImmunodeficienciesInnate Immune SystemImmunologyPathology +16