Borrelia genomes in the year 2000

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 401-410

  Casjens, S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHROMOSOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIROCHETE;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; SPIROCHAETALES;

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

EID: 0033757708     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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