Oligonucleotide-mediated genetic transformation of Borrelia burgdorferi

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 519-522

  Samuels, D Scott ^a,b   Garon, Claude F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Electroporation; Genetic transformation; gyrB; Lyme disease; Oligonucleotide

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ARGININE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ELECTROPORATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; VIRUS GENOME;

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

EID: 0031047671     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-2-519     Document Type: Article

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