Evidence of past recombination events among the genes encoding the Erp antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1869-1879

  Stevenson, Brian ^a,c   Casjens, Sherwood ^b   Rosa, Patricia ^a  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; erp genes; Lyme disease; Plasmids; Recombination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031827315     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-7-1869     Document Type: Article

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