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Strict Conservation yet Non-Essential Nature of Plasmid Gene bba40 in the Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi
The highly segmented genome of Borrelia burgdorferi, the tick-borne bacterium that causes Lyme disease, is composed of a linear chromosome and more than 20 co-existing endogenous plasmids. Many plasmid-borne genes are unique to B. burgdorferi and some have been shown to provide essential functions a...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10269632/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37010416 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00477-23 |