Lytic systems in lactic acid bacteria and their bacteriophages

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 147-159

  Gasson, Michael J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME;

AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEESE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, VIRAL; HYDROLASES; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0029905823     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00395931     Document Type: Review

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