Disruption of the Borrelia burgdorferi gac gene, encoding the naturally synthesized GyrA C-terminal domain

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2048-2051

  Knight, Scott W ^a,b   Kimmel, Betsy J ^a   Eggers, Christian H ^a   Samuels, D Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; COUMAMYCIN A1; COUMARIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METABOLISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; COUMARINS; DNA GYRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

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

EID: 0034102967     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.2048-2051.2000     Document Type: Article

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