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. 1996 Nov;178(22):6635–6639. doi: 10.1128/jb.178.22.6635-6639.1996

The nucleotide sequence of a linear plasmid of Borrelia burgdorferi reveals similarities to those of circular plasmids of other prokaryotes.

A G Barbour 1, C J Carter 1, V Bundoc 1, J Hinnebusch 1
PMCID: PMC178553  PMID: 8932323

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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