Evidence for the contribution of point mutations to vlsE variation and for apparent constraints on the net accumulation of sequence changes in vlsE during infection with lyme disease spirochetes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 5855-5861

  Sung, S Y ^a   McDowell, J V ^a   Marconi, R T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CONVERSION; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHAETA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CLONE CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETA;

EID: 0034811070     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.20.5855-5861.2001     Document Type: Article

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