The 44-kb linear plasmid molecule in the relapsing fever agent Borrelia duttonii strain Ly serve as a preservation of vmp genes

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 159-165

  Tabuchi, Norihiko ^a   Mitani, Harumi ^a   Seino, Satoshi ^a   Fukunaga, Masahito ^a  

^a FUKUYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borrelia duttonii; Plasmid sequence; RT PCR; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIABLE MAJOR PROTEIN;

ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA HERMSII; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036221482     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02681.x     Document Type: Article

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