Decreased electroporation efficiency in Borrelia burgdorferi containing linear plasmids lp25 and lp56: Impact on transformation of infectious B. burgdorferi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 4798-4804

  Lawrenz, Matthew B ^a   Kawabata, Hiroki ^a   Purser, Joye E ^a   Norris, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CELL TRANSFORMATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE REPLICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPORATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; LYME DISEASE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036716365     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.9.4798-4804.2002     Document Type: Article

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