Characterization of circular plasmid dimers in Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 5676-5681

  Tilly, Kit ^a   Lubke, Lori ^a   Rosa, Patricia ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CIRCULAR DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA CONFORMATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0031740083     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.21.5676-5681.1998     Document Type: Article

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