Physical mapping of the Borrelia miyamotoi HT31 chromosome in comparison with that of Borrelia turicatae, an etiological agent of tick-borne relapsing fever

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 533-540

  Takahashi, Yukie ^a   Fukunaga, Masahito ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE MAPPING; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029818579     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.5.533-540.1996     Document Type: Article

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