| The Lyme disease agent exploits a tick protein to infect the mammalian host N Ramamoorthi, S Narasimhan, U Pal, F Bao, XF Yang, D Fish, J Anguita, ... Nature 436 (7050), 573-577, 2005 | 619 | 2005 |
| TROSPA, an Ixodes scapularis receptor for Borrelia burgdorferi U Pal, X Li, T Wang, RR Montgomery, N Ramamoorthi, AM DeSilva, F Bao, ... Cell 119 (4), 457-468, 2004 | 538 | 2004 |
| OspC facilitates Borrelia burgdorferi invasion of Ixodes scapularis salivary glands U Pal, X Yang, M Chen, LK Bockenstedt, JF Anderson, RA Flavell, ... The Journal of clinical investigation 113 (2), 220-230, 2004 | 466 | 2004 |
| Essential role for OspA/B in the life cycle of the Lyme disease spirochete XF Yang, U Pal, SM Alani, E Fikrig, MV Norgard The Journal of experimental medicine 199 (5), 641-648, 2004 | 398 | 2004 |
| Attachment of Borrelia burgdorferi within Ixodes scapularis mediated by outer surface protein A U Pal, AM de Silva, RR Montgomery, D Fish, J Anguita, JF Anderson, ... The Journal of clinical investigation 106 (4), 561-569, 2000 | 330 | 2000 |
| Rab 5 is required for the cellular entry of dengue and West Nile viruses MN Krishnan, B Sukumaran, U Pal, H Agaisse, JL Murray, TW Hodge, ... Journal of virology 81 (9), 4881-4885, 2007 | 305 | 2007 |
| Live imaging reveals a biphasic mode of dissemination of Borrelia burgdorferi within ticks SM Dunham-Ems, MJ Caimano, U Pal, CW Wolgemuth, CH Eggers, ... The Journal of clinical investigation 119 (12), 3652-3665, 2009 | 230 | 2009 |
| The Lyme disease agent Borrelia burgdorferi requires BB0690, a Dps homologue, to persist within ticks X Li, U Pal, N Ramamoorthi, X Liu, DC Desrosiers, CNH Eggers, ... Molecular microbiology 63 (3), 694-710, 2007 | 153 | 2007 |
| Interactions between Borrelia burgdorferi and ticks C Kurokawa, GE Lynn, JHF Pedra, U Pal, S Narasimhan, E Fikrig Nature Reviews Microbiology 18 (10), 587-600, 2020 | 151 | 2020 |
| The Golgi-associated protein p115 mediates the secretion of macrophage migration inhibitory factor M Merk, J Baugh, S Zierow, L Leng, U Pal, SJ Lee, AD Ebert, Y Mizue, ... The Journal of Immunology 182 (11), 6896-6906, 2009 | 149 | 2009 |
| Adaptation of Borrelia burgdorferi in the vector and vertebrate host U Pal, E Fikrig Microbes and infection 5 (7), 659-666, 2003 | 148 | 2003 |
| Use of RNA interference to prevent lethal murine West Nile virus infection F Bai, T Wang, U Pal, F Bao, LH Gould, E Fikrig The Journal of infectious diseases 191 (7), 1148-1154, 2005 | 133 | 2005 |
| BosR (BB0647) governs virulence expression in Borrelia burgdorferi Z Ouyang, M Kumar, T Kariu, S Haq, M Goldberg, U Pal, MV Norgard Molecular microbiology 74 (6), 1331-1343, 2009 | 129 | 2009 |
| Outer Surface Protein B Is Critical for Borrelia burgdorferi Adherence and Survival within Ixodes Ticks G Neelakanta, X Li, U Pal, X Liu, DS Beck, K DePonte, D Fish, FS Kantor, ... PLoS pathogens 3 (3), e33, 2007 | 126 | 2007 |
| Analysis of the ospC Regulatory Element Controlled by the RpoN-RpoS Regulatory Pathway in Borrelia burgdorferi XF Yang, MC Lybecker, U Pal, SM Alani, J Blevins, AT Revel, ... Journal of bacteriology 187 (14), 4822-4829, 2005 | 121 | 2005 |
| Borrelia burgdorferi basic membrane proteins A and B participate in the genesis of Lyme arthritis U Pal, P Wang, F Bao, X Yang, S Samanta, R Schoen, GP Wormser, ... The Journal of experimental medicine 205 (1), 133-141, 2008 | 116 | 2008 |
| Infection-derived lipids elicit an immune deficiency circuit in arthropods DK Shaw, X Wang, LJ Brown, ASO Chávez, KE Reif, AA Smith, AJ Scott, ... Nature communications 8 (1), 14401, 2017 | 106 | 2017 |
| The hybrid histidine kinase Hk1 is part of a two-component system that is essential for survival of Borrelia burgdorferi in feeding Ixodes scapularis ticks MJ Caimano, MR Kenedy, T Kairu, DC Desrosiers, M Harman, ... Infection and immunity 79 (8), 3117-3130, 2011 | 105 | 2011 |
| Strain-specific variation of the decorin-binding adhesin DbpA influences the tissue tropism of the lyme disease spirochete YP Lin, V Benoit, X Yang, R Martínez-Herranz, U Pal, JM Leong PLoS pathogens 10 (7), e1004238, 2014 | 103 | 2014 |
| Inhibition of Borrelia burgdorferi-tick interactions in vivo by outer surface protein A antibody U Pal, RR Montgomery, D Lusitani, P Voet, V Weynants, SE Malawista, ... The Journal of Immunology 166 (12), 7398-7403, 2001 | 99 | 2001 |
