Oligopeptide permease in Borrelia burgdorferi: Putative peptide-binding components encoded by both chromosomal and plasmid loci

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1033-1044

  Bono, James L ^a   Tilly, Kit ^a   Stevenson, Brian ^a   Hogan, Dan ^a   Rosa, Patricia ^a  

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

Author keywords

Lyme disease; Oligopeptide permease; oppA; Plasmids; Spirochaetes

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PERMEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CISTRON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 0031967697     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-4-1033     Document Type: Article

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