Molecular analysis of the cos region of the Lactobacillus casei bacteriophage A2. Gene product 3, gp3, specifically binds to its downstream cos region

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 505-514

  García, Pilar ^a   Alonso, Juan Carlos ^b   Suárez, Juan Evaristo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERMINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031023648     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.d01-1863.x     Document Type: Article

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