Erratum: Kinetics and in vivo induction of genetic variation of vlse in borrelia burgdorferi (Infection and Immunity (1998) 66:8 (3689-3697) DOI: 10.1128/IAI.66.8.3689-3697.1998);Kinetics and in vivo induction of genetic variation of vlsE in Borrelia burgdorferi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3689-3697

  Zhang, Jing Ren ^a,b   Norris, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0031850030     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.67.1.468b-468b.1999     Document Type: Erratum

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