Homology throughout the multiple 32-kilobase circular plasmids present in lyme disease spirochetes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 217-227

  Casjens, Sherwood ^a   Van Vugt, René ^a   Tilly, Kit ^b   Rosa, Patricia A ^b   Stevenson, Brian ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BASE PAIRING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE;

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

EID: 0031012029     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.1.217-227.1997     Document Type: Article

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