Borrelia burgdorferi and Treponema pallidum: A comparison of functional genomics, environmental adaptations and pathogenic mechanisms

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 651-656

  Porcella, Stephen F ^a   Schwan, Tom G ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BASE PAIRING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYPHILIS; TICK; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0035100684     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI12484     Document Type: Review

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