Biochemical and genetic analysis of λW, the newly isolated lambdoid phage

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 251-259

  Wróbel, Borys ^a   Śrutkowska, Sylwia ^a   Wȩgrzyn, Grzegorz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage ; Escherichia coli CP78 and CP79 strains; Lambdoid phages; Stringent response

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LYSOGENIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRION; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; LYSOGENY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRION;

EID: 0031604909     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.1998_4308     Document Type: Article

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