The Borrelia burgdorferi circular plasmid cp26: Conservation of plasmid structure and targeted inactivation of the ospC gene

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 361-373

  Tilly, Kit ^a   Casjens, Sherwood ^b   Stevenson, Brian ^a   Bono, James L ^a   Samuels, D Scott ^c   Hogan, Daniel ^a   Rosa, Patricia ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES MURIS;

EID: 0030818708     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4711838.x     Document Type: Article

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