Isolation of a circular plasmid region sufficient for autonomous replication and transformation of infectious Borrelia burgdorferi

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 714-721

  Stewart, P E ^a   Thalken, R ^a   Bono, J L ^a   Rosa, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUTTLE VECTOR;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0035131631     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02256.x     Document Type: Article

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