Molecular and evolutionary analyses of a variable series of genes in Borrelia burgdorferi that are related to ospE and ospF, constitute a gene family, and share a common upstream homology box

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5615-5626

  Marconi, Richard T ^a,c   Sung, Shian Ying ^a   Hughes, Carrie A Norton ^b   Carlyon, Jason A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Sanger Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 10144264563     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.19.5615-5626.1996     Document Type: Article

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