Either bacteriophage T4 RNase H or Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I is essential for phage replication

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6772-6777

  Hobbs, Lisa J ^a,c   Nossal, Nancy G ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c United States Patent and Trademark Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; RIBONUCLEASE H;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; T4 PHAGE;

EID: 0029851569     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.23.6772-6777.1996     Document Type: Article

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