An unusual illegitimate recombination occurs in the linear-plasmid-encoded outer-surface protein A gene of Borrelia afzelii

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3819-3825

  Wang, Jianhui ^a   Masuzawa, Toshiyuki ^a   Li, Muqing ^a   Yanagihara, Yasutake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borrelia afzelii; Illegitimate recombination; Lyme disease; OspA variation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PALINDROMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BORRELIA AFZELII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII;

EID: 0031439094     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-12-3819     Document Type: Article

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