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Borrelia burgdorferi Microarray Analysis

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Microarray studies have contributed significantly to the current understanding of Borrelia burgdorferi genome content and transcriptional regulation. Here, we describe the use of microarray technology for several aspects of B. burgdorferi genomic analysis.

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This work was supported by grant AI45801 from the National Institutes of Health.

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Iyer, R., Schwartz, I. (2018). Borrelia burgdorferi Microarray Analysis. In: Pal, U., Buyuktanir, O. (eds) Borrelia burgdorferi. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1690. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7383-5_10

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