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) |
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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