Transposon mutagenesis of the lyme disease agent Borrelia burgdorferi

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 431, Issue , 2007, Pages 85-95

  Stewart, Philip E ^a   Rosa, Patricia A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; DNA transposable element; Himar1; Insertional mutagenesis; Spirochete

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LYME DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROPOSON;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; LYME DISEASE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RETROELEMENTS;

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

EID: 40549124649     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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