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Physical and Genetic Maps of the Borrelia Burgdorferi Sensu Lato Chromosomes

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Lyme Borreliosis

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Physical and genetic maps of the three species of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato associated with Lyme borreliosis were constructed. The ribosomal genes which are not organised as trancriptional units, were mapped at the centre of the linear chromosome. The region spanning dnoA encoding the initiatior protein for chromosome replication was found to be atypical. dnaA and genes normally associated with the origin of replication in eubacteria were found very close to the ribosomal RNA genes.

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  1. Unité de Bactériologie Moléculaire et Médicale Institut Pasteur, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France

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  2. Russell Grimwade School of Biochemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3051, Australia

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Girons, I.S., Old, I.G., Ojaimi, C., MacDougall, J., Davidson, B.E. (1994). Physical and Genetic Maps of the Borrelia Burgdorferi Sensu Lato Chromosomes. In: Axford, J.S., Rees, D.H.E. (eds) Lyme Borreliosis. NATO ASI Series, vol 260. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2415-1_35

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