Size conversion of a linear plasmid in the relapsing fever agent Borrelia duttonii

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1071-1074

  Takahashi, Yukie ^a   Cutler, Sally J ^b   Fukunaga, Masahito ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borrelia duttonii; Linear plasmid; PFGE; Relapsing fever borreliae; Southern hybridization; Spirochete

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GROWTH RATE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REPLICON; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPIROCHETE;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MICE; PLASMIDS; RELAPSING FEVER;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA HERMSII; MAMMALIA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0034528537     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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