A bacterial genome in flux: the twelve linear and nine circular extrachromosomal DNAs in an infectious isolate of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi
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- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 35 (3), 490-516
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01698.x
Abstract
We have determined that Borrelia burgdorferi strain B31 MI carries 21 extrachromosomal DNA elements, the largest number known for any bacterium. Among these are 12 linear and nine circular plasmids, ...Keywords
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