Homologues of helicase genes priA and ruvAB of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme borreliosis agent

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 235-245

  Boursaux Eude, C ^a   Margarita, D ^a   Belfaiza, J ^b   Old, I G ^a   Saint Girons, I ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Gene priA; Gene ruvAB; Helicase; Primosome; Recombination; Replication; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DNA; HELICASE; MITOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032052766     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(98)80299-4     Document Type: Article

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