Transduction by φBB-1, a bacteriophage of Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 4771-4778

  Eggers, C H ^a   Kimmel, B J ^a   Bono, J L ^a   Elias, A F ^a   Rosa, P ^a   Samuels, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; KANAMYCIN; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA PACKAGING; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSPOSON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034742476     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.16.4771-4778.2001     Document Type: Article

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