Derepression of prophage P2 by satellite phage P4: Cloning of the P4 ε gene and identification of its product

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 4502-4508

  Liu, Tao ^a   Renberg, Sara K ^a   Haggård Ljungquist, Elisabeth ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; VIRUS CAPSID;

EID: 0030962175     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.6.4502-4508.1997     Document Type: Article

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