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Short-Chain Fatty Acids Alter Metabolic and Virulence Attributes of Borrelia burgdorferi.
Infection and immunity - 1 Sept 2018
Lin Ying-Han, Chen Yue, Smith Trever C, Karna S L Rajasekhar, Seshu J
Abstract excerpt
Borrelia burgdorferi responds to a variety of host-derived factors and appropriately alters its gene expression for adaptation under different host-specific conditions. We previously showed that various levels of acetate, a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA), altered the protein profile of B. burgdorferi In this study, we determined the effects of other physiologically relevant SCFAs in the regulation of...
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