Abstract
A putative operon encoding two Borrelia burgdorferi N40 genes, p11 and p5 was cloned and localized to the 49 kilobase linear plasmid, p11 encodes an 11 kDa protein and p5 encodes a 5 kDa protein. The first 88 nucleotides of p11 have 81% identity with orf5 on a circular plasmid from Borrelia afzelii strain Ip21, suggesting that homologues of these genes may be present in different regions of the B. burgdorferi genome.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 270-272 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression |
| Volume | 1307 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 17 1996 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Antibody
- B. burgdorferi
- Lyme disease
- Plasmid
- Spirochete
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Genetics
- Structural Biology
- Biophysics
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Feng, S., Das, S., Barthold, S. W., & Fikrig, E. (1996). Characterization of two genes, p11 and p5, on the Borrelia burgdorferi 49-kilo base linear plasmid. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression, 1307(3), 270-272. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-4781(96)00076-0