Analysis of the Organization of Multicopy Linear- and Circular-Plasmid-Carried Open Reading Frames in Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Isolates
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Analysis of the organization of multicopy linear- and circular-plasmid-carried open reading frames in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates.
Plasmid cp8.3 of Borrelia afzelii IP21 carries several open reading frames (ORFs) and a 184-bp inverted repeat (IR) element. It has been speculated that this plasmid may encode factors involved in virulence or infectivity. In this report, we have characterized the distribution, molecular variability, and organization of ORFs 1, 2, and 4 and the IR elements among isolates of the Borrelia burgdor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection and Immunity
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0019-9567,1098-5522
DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.3.1149-1158.1998