Chemotaxis in Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-235

  Shi, Wenyuan ^a,b   Yang, Zhaomin ^a   Geng, Yongzhi ^a   Wolinsky, Lawrence E ^a   Lovett, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; FLAGELLUM; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE;

EID: 0031886013     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.2.231-235.1998     Document Type: Article

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