From Structure, to Function, to Pathogenesis: Understanding the Immunological Consequences of The Unique Peptidoglycan of Borrelia burgdorferi
The bacterial pathogen responsible for Lyme disease ¬— Borrelia burgdorferi— is an atypical Gram-negative spirochete that is transmitted to humans via the bite of an infected Ixodes tick. Like all Gram-negative bacteria the structural portion of the cell envelope known as peptidoglycan (PG) is sandw...
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Virginia Tech
2020
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/98522 |