Extensive interplasmidic duplications change the virulence phenotype of the relapsing fever agent Borrelia turicatae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1120-1132

  Penningon, Pamela M ^a,b,d   Cadavid, Diego ^b,e   Bunikis, Jonas ^a   Norris, Steven J ^c   Barbour, Alan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; TELOMERE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA TURICATAE;

EID: 0033428705     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01675.x     Document Type: Article

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