Linear chromosomes of Lyme disease agent spirochetes: genetic diversity and conservation of gene order.

doi:10.1128/jb.177.10.2769-2780.1995

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Linear chromosomes of Lyme disease agent spirochetes: genetic diversity and conservation of gene order.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 1995

Casjens S, Delange M, Ley H L, Rosa P, Huang W M

Abstract excerpt

We have constructed physical and genetic maps of the chromosomes of 21 Lyme disease agent spirochetes from geographically diverse locations. All have linear chromosomes whose lengths range from 935 to 955 kbp, and all contain multiple linear plasmids in the 16- to 175-kbp size range. The location...

Topics

Animals
Borrelia
Borrelia burgdorferi Group
Chromosomes, Bacterial
Genes, Bacterial
Genetic Variation
Lyme Disease
North America
Phylogeny
Plasmids
Restriction Mapping
Species Specificity
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