Lyme disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a spirochete that infects across phyla from ticks to humans. BadR and Hbb are transcriptional repressors that are involved in transitioning the spirochete for survival in mammals, however their targets are largely unknown. We created a reporter system to screen candidate promoters for regulation by BadR and

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Creator

• Martin, Sarah A
• Massa, Virginia E
• Miller, Hannah Susanne Pettey
• Reilly, Shanelle

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042518-123455

Advisor

• Farny, Natalie

Year

• 2018

Date created

• 2018-04-25

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biology & Biotechnology

Rights statement

• In Copyright