FliH and FliI of Borrelia burgdorferi are similar to flagellar and virulence factor export proteins of other bacteria

Gene

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-75

  Ge, Yigong ^a   Old, Iain ^b   Girons, Isabelle Saint ^b   Yelton, David B ^a   Charon, Nyles W ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

ATPase; Basal body; Export; Lyme disease; Motility; Periplasmic flagellum; Spirochete

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FLAGELLUM; GENE MAPPING; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE;

EID: 0030053916     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00743-1     Document Type: Article

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