Borrelia burgdorferi EbfC, a novel, chromosomally encoded protein, binds specific DNA sequences adjacent to erp loci on the spirochete's resident cp32 prophages.

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Published in J Bacteriol on June 01, 2006

Authors

Kelly Babb1, Tomasz Bykowski, Sean P Riley, M Clarke Miller, Edward Demoll, Brian Stevenson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, MS421 W. R. Willard Medical Education Building, Lexington, KY 40536-0298, USA.

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