title: The nucleotide sequence of a linear plasmid of Borrelia burgdorferi reveals similarities to those of circular plasmids of other prokaryotes.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78284, USA. abarbour@uci.edu
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Barbour
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bundoc
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hinnebusch
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004261:DNA Replication; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D011387:Prokaryotic Cells; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins