Intra- and interbacterial genetic exchange of lyme disease spirochete erp genes generates sequence identity amidst diversity

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-324

  Stevenson, Brian ^a   Miller, Jennifer C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; cp32; Factor H; Lyme disease; OspE related protein; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT REGULATORY FACTOR H; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ERP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PROTEIN BINDING; SPIROCHETE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

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

EID: 0041331657     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2482-x     Document Type: Article

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