Telomere resolution in the Lyme disease spirochete

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3229-3237

  Chaconas, George ^a,b   Stewart, Philip E ^b   Tilly, Kit ^b   Bono, James L ^b   Rosa, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia; DNA replication; Hairpin DNA; Linear DNA; Telomere resolution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENOME; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REPLICON; SPIROCHETE; TELOMERE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; LYME DISEASE; PLASMIDS; TELOMERE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; PROKARYOTA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0035875922     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.12.3229     Document Type: Article

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