Characterization of Circular Plasmid Dimers in Borrelia burgdorferi
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Linear and circular plasmid content in Borrelia burgdorferi clinical isolates.
The genome of Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease, is composed of a linear chromosome and more than 20 linear and circular plasmids. Typically, plasmid content analysis has been carried out by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and confirmed by Southern hybridization. However, multiple plasmids of virtually identical sizes (e.g., lp28 and cp32) complicate the interpretation ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.21.5676-5681.1998