Conservation of plasmid maintenance functions between linear and circular plasmids in Borrelia burgdorferi by Philip E. Stewart and others Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-10-31
By Philip E. Stewart, George Chaconas and Patricia Rosa. Journal of Bacteriology 185(10), 3202–3209 (May 2003).
Publication record and abstract: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12730180/
Only the abstract’s opening statement about natural linear and circular plasmids is cited.
Patricia Rosa Created 2026-10-18 Updated 2026-11-05
Geneticist studying bacterial genome maintenance. Patricia Rosa coauthored research comparing maintenance functions of linear and circular plasmids in Borrelia burgdorferi, connecting unusual genome architecture with inheritance of extrachromosomal DNA.[ref]