Cloning and analysis of the restriction-modification system LlaBI, a bacteriophage resistance system from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris W56

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3494-3498

  Nyengaard, Niels R ^a   Falkenberg Klok, Jens ^a   Josephsen, Jytte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0029786509     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3494-3498.1996     Document Type: Article

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