A triggered-suicide system designed as a defense against bacteriophages

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6741-6748

  Djordjevic, G M ^a,b   O'Sullivan, D J ^a,c   Walker, S A ^a   Conkling, M A ^a   Klaenhammer, T R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST RESISTANCE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030668088     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.21.6741-6748.1997     Document Type: Article

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