Purification and properties of the plasmid maintenance proteins from the Borrelia burgdorferi linear plasmid lp17

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3992-4000

  Deneke, Jan ^a   Chaconas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN BBD14; BACTERIAL PROTEIN BBD21;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 44349106555     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00057-08     Document Type: Article

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