Analysis of promoters in Borrelia burgdorferi by use of a transiently expressed reporter gene

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6837-6842

  Sohaskey, Charles D ^a,b   Arnold, Christopher ^b   Barbour, Alan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA FLANKING REGION; ELECTROPORATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030700790     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6837-6842.1997     Document Type: Article

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