Mutations in the terminase genes of bacteriophage λ that bypass the necessity for FI

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 937-952

  Murialdo, Helios ^a   Tzamtzis, Dimitra ^a   Berrú, Maribel ^a   Fife, Wendy L ^a   Becker, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; GENE PRODUCT; HISTIDINE; TYROSINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA PACKAGING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE MUTATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; RNA TRANSLATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; MIRIDAE;

EID: 0030805107     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4011769.x     Document Type: Article

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