Exclusion of T4 phage by the hok/sok killer locus from plasmid R1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2044-2050

  Pecota, Douglas C ^a   Wood, Thomas K ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL GROWTH; CYTOLYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; KILLER CELL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; T4 PHAGE;

EID: 0029972435     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.7.2044-2050.1996     Document Type: Article

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