title: A second allele of eppA in Borrelia burgdorferi strain B31 is located on the previously undetected circular plasmid cp9-2.
abstract: Although sequence analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi isolate B31 was recently declared "complete," we found that cultures of this strain can contain a novel 9-kb circular plasmid, cp9-2. The newly described plasmid contains both sequence similarities with and differences from the previously identified B31 plasmid cp9-1 (formerly cp9). cp9-1 and cp9-2 each encode a unique allele of EppA, a putative membrane protein synthesized by B. burgdorferi during mammalian infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298, USA.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Bono
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Babb
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: El-Hage
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Casjens
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stevenson
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C087866:EppA protein, Borrelia burgdorferi; D008565:Membrane Proteins