Genetic analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in Korea using genomic hybridization and 16S rRNA gene sequence determination

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 599-605

  Kee, Sun Ho ^a   Yoon, Jung Hoon ^b   Oh, Hee Bok ^c   Park, Yong Ha ^b   Kim, Yoon Won ^a   Cho, Min Kee ^a   Park, Kyung Seok ^c   Chang, Woo Hyun ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Genetic Eng Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; RFLP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII;

EID: 0029835330     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb01115.x     Document Type: Article

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