Cloning, sequence analysis, and expression of the genes encoding lytic functions of Bacteriophage Φ g1e

Gene

Volumn 176, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 215-223

  Oki, Masaya ^a   Kakikawa, Makiko ^a   Yamada, Kazuyo ^a   Taketo, Akira ^b   Kodaira, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage g1e; DNA sequence; Holin; Lactic acid bacteria; Lysin; Muramidase

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LISTERIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TURBIDITY;

BACTERIOPHAGE PHI; BACTERIOPHAGE PHIG1E; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII SUBSP. BULGARICUS; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LISTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030591746     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00253-3     Document Type: Article

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