A natural longer glycine-rich region in IKe filamentous phage confers no selective advantage

Gene

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-123

  Bruno, R ^a   Bradbury, A ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

g3p; Gene 3 protein; N pilus

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM PILUS; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLIPHAGES; DNA PROBES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GLYCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0031031841     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00584-7     Document Type: Article

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