Borrelia burgdorferi

Genotyping Strains of Lyme Disease Agents Directly From Ticks, Blood, or Tissue.- Species Identification and Phylogenetic Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato using Molecular Biological Methods.- Generation of Mammalian Host-adapted Borrelia burgdorferi by Cultivation in Peritoneal Dialysis Membrane Chamber Implantation in Rats.- Co-immunoprecipitation for Identifying Protein-protein Interactions in Borrelia Burgdorferi.- Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferi Binding to Mammalian Cells and Extracellular Matrix.- Analysis of Lipids and Lipid Rafts in Borrelia.- Trace Element AnalysisofBorrelia burgdorferi by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Sector Field Mass Spectrometry.- Identification and Characterization of Borrelia burgdorferiComplement-binding Proteins.- Artificial Infection of Ticks with Borrelia burgdorferi using a Microinjection Method and their Detection in vivo using Quantitative PCR Targeting flaB RNA.- Borrelia burgdorferi Microarray Analysis.- Borrelia burgdorferi Transcriptome Analysis by RNA-sequencing.- Selection of Borrelia burgdorferi Promoter Sequences Active during Mammalian Infection Using In Vivo Expression Technology.- Analysis of DNA and RNA Binding Properties of Borrelia burgdorferi Regulatory Proteins.- Identification of Acetylated Proteins in Borrelia burgdorferi.- Genetic Transformation and Complementation.- Genome-wide Mutagenesis in Borrelia burgdorferi.- Generation of Conditional Mutants in Borrelia burgdorferi.- Detection of Bioluminescent Borrelia burgdorferi from in vitro Cultivation and During Murine Infection.- Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi Proteome and Protein-protein Interactions.- Two Photon Intravital Microscopy of Lyme Borrelia in Mice.- Investigating Human Dendritic Cell Immune Responses to Borrelia burgdorferi.- Phagocytosis Assays for Borrelia burgdorferi.- Measuring Borrelia burgdorferi Motility and Chemotaxis.- In vitro models of cutaneous inflammation.- Magnetic Isolation of Phagosomes Containing Toll like