Telomere exchange between linear replicons of Borrelia burgdorferi

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4134-4141

  Huang, Wai Mun ^a   Robertson, Margaret ^a   Aron, John ^a   Casjens, Sherwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BASE PAIRING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; REPLICON; TELOMERE;

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

EID: 3042517502     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.13.4134-4141.2004     Document Type: Article

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