A cheA cheW operon in Borrelia burgdorferi the agent of Lyme disease

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-200

  Trueba, G A ^a   Old, I G ^b   Saint Girons, I ^b   Johnson, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; che Operon; Chemotaxis; Genes cheA and cheW; Histidine kinase; Identification; Spirochete; Virulence

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0030969292     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(97)85239-4     Document Type: Article

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