Circular and linear plasmids of Lyme disease spirochetes have extensive homology: Characterization of a repeated DNA element

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2287-2298

  Zückert, Wolfram R ^a,b   Meyer, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029901301     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.8.2287-2298.1996     Document Type: Article

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