Evolution of the linear DNA replicons of the Borrelia spirochetes

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 529-534

  Casjens, Sherwood ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; GENE DUPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; REPLICON; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0032832201     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)00012-0     Document Type: Review

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