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Telomere Exchange between Linear Replicons of<i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>
17 Jun 2004
Abstract excerpt
Spirochetes in the genus Borrelia carry a linear chromosome and numerous linear plasmids that have covalently closed hairpin telomeres. The overall organization of the large chromosome of Borrelia burgdorferi appears to have been quite stable over recent evolutionary time; however, a large fraction of natural isolates carry differing lengths of DNA that extend the right end of the chromosome between about 7 and...
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