Analysis of the complete nucleotide sequence and functional organization of the genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteriophage Cp-1

Journal of Virology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3678-3687

  Martín, Ana C ^a   López, Rubens ^a   García, Pedro ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COVALENT BOND; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0029940995     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.6.3678-3687.1996     Document Type: Article

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