Isolation of Borvelia burgdorferi genes encoding homologues of DNA-binding protein HU and ribosomal protein S20

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2471-2479

  Tilly, Kit ^a   Fuhrman, John ^a   Campbell, Jim ^a   Samuels, D Scott ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; HU protein; Integration host factor (IHF); Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA PACKAGING; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPIROCHAETA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0029784913     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-142-9-2471     Document Type: Article

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