Identification of 11 pH-regulated Genes in Borrelia burgdorferi localizing to linear plasmids

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 6677-6684

  Carroll, James A ^a,b   Cordova, Rebecca M ^a   Garon, Claude F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECORIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PH; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLASMIDS; RABBITS;

EID: 0034441169     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.12.6677-6684.2000     Document Type: Article

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