Bacteriophage Mu gem2ts, which induces synchronous cell division in the infected host, is mutated in the gem operon promoter

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 615-618

  La Valle, R ^a,c   Fabozzi, G ^a,b   Ghelardini, P ^b   Paolozzi, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

bacteriophage; cell cycle; cell division; E. coli; gene expression; promoter; transposons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSPOSON;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030272230     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2508(96)84017-4     Document Type: Article

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