The Nucleotide Sequence of a Linear Plasmid of Borrelia Burgdorferi Reveals Similarities to Those of Circular Plasmids of Other Prokaryotes

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 1996 Nov 1

PMID 8932323

Citations 17

Authors

A G Barbour

C J Carter

V Bundoc

J Hinnebusch

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Abstract

A linear plasmid of Borrelia burgdorferi had 16,927 bp, a G+C content of 23.1%, a relative deficiency of CpG dinucleotides, and open reading frames A to O. The OrfC and OrfE proteins were similar to hypothetical proteins encoded by circular plasmids of B. burgdorferi. The OrfM and OrfN proteins were similar to replication proteins of circular plasmids of other bacteria.

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