Analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi vlsE gene expression and recombination in the tick vector

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 7083-7090

  Indest, K J ^a   Howell, J K ^a   Jacobs, M B ^a   Scholl Meeker, D ^a   Norris, S J ^a   Philipp, M T ^a  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RABBIT ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; TICK; VLSE GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ARACHNID VECTORS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IXODES; LIPOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034783107     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.11.7083-7090.2001     Document Type: Article

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