Sequence of a gene encoding a putative primary sigma factor from Borrelia burgdorferi strain B31

Gene

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-124

  Tsai, Ching Ping ^a   Pan, Ming Jeng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Degenerate oligodeoxyribonucleotide primer; Polymerase chain reaction; Promoter recognition; RNA polymerase; Spirochete; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030042603     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00760-1     Document Type: Article

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