Cloning and characterization of bacteriophage-like DNA from Haemophilus somnus homologous to phages P2 and HP1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1872-1879

  Pontarollo, Reno A ^a,d   Rioux, Clement R ^a,e   Potter, Andrew A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Pavillon CHUL ^*  (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HISTOPHILUS SOMNI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030904948     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.6.1872-1879.1997     Document Type: Article

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