Large linear plasmids of borrelia species that cause relapsing fever

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 3629-3639

  Miller, Shelley Campeau ^a   Porcella, Stephen F ^b   Raffel, Sandra J ^b   Schwan, Tom G ^b   Barboura, Alan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CSPA PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA DUTTONII; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA INFECTION; BORRELIA RECURRENTIS; BORRELIA TURICATAE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPIROCHETE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, SCID; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84881003711     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00347-13     Document Type: Article

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