Characterization of Natronobacterium magadii phage ΦGh1, a unique archaeal phage containing DNA and RNA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 603-616

  Witte, Angela ^a   Baranyi, Ulrike ^a   Klein, Reinhard ^a   Sulzner, Michael ^a   Luo, Cheng ^a,d   Wanner, Gerhard ^b   Krüger, Detlev H ^c   Lubitz, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0031018738     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.d01-1879.x     Document Type: Article

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