Functional and structural features of the holin HOL protein of the Lactobacillus plantarum phage ∅g1e: Analysis in Escherichia coli system

Gene

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 137-145

  Oki, Masaya ^a,d   Kakikawa, Makiko ^a   Nakamura, Shogo ^a   Yamamura, Ei Tora ^a   Watanabe, Kouichi ^b   Sasamoto, Masae ^b   Taketo, Akira ^c   Kodaira, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage g1e; Deletion; Fusion; Holin; Transmembrane

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA, VIRAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, VIRAL; LACTOBACILLUS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM;

EID: 0030827371     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00252-7     Document Type: Article

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