The nucleotide sequence of a linear plasmid of Borrelia burgdorferi reveals similarities to those of circular plasmids of other prokaryotes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6635-6639

  Barbour, Alan G ^a,b   Carter, Carol J ^a   Bundoc, Virgilio ^a   Hinnebusch, Joseph ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; LEUCISCUS IDUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0029961946     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.22.6635-6639.1996     Document Type: Article

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