Peaceful coexistence amongst Borrelia plasmids: Getting by with a little help from their friends?

Plasmid

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-167

  Chaconas, George ^a,b   Norris, Steven J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lyme disease; Plasmid maintenance; Plasmid replication; Replication

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PLASMID; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; IXODIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84881024398     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2013.05.002     Document Type: Review

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