Physical mapping of an origin of bidirectional replication at the centre of the Borrelia burgdorferi linear chromosome

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 437-445

  Picardeau, Mathieu ^a,c   Lobry, Jean R ^b   Hinnebusch, B Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA STRAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; TELOMERE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSICAL CHROMOSOME MAPPING; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032898516     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01368.x     Document Type: Article

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