The chitobiose transporter, <it>chbC</it>, is required for chitin utilization in <it>Borrelia burgdorferi</it>
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The bacterium <it>Borrelia burgdorferi</it>, the causative agent of Lyme disease, is a limited-genome organism that must obtain many of its biochemical building blocks, including N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), from its tic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Microbiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/21 |