Gene organization and transcription of a late-expressed region of a Lactococcus lactis phage

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6158-6165

  Parreira, Ricardo ^a   Valyasevi, Rudy ^a,b   Lerayer, Alda L S ^a,c   Ehrlich, S Dusko ^a   Chopin, Marie Christine ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PHAGE F4; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029858047     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.21.6158-6165.1996     Document Type: Article

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