φ20, a temperate bacteriophage isolated from Bacillus anthracis exists as a plasmidial prophage

Current Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 171-175

  Inal, Jameel M ^a,c   Karunakaran, Karuna V ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MITOMYCIN C; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS PHAGE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS PHAGES; GENOME, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOMYCIN; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 0029919145     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900030     Document Type: Article

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