Molecular analysis of Methanobacterium phage

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-244

  Pfister, Peter ^a   Wasserfallen, Alain ^a   Stettler, Rolf ^a   Leisinger, Thomas ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CYTOLYSIS; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA PACKAGING; GENE DELETION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; START CODON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; METHANOBACTERIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

ARCHAEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOTHERMOBACTER THERMAUTOTROPHICUS; MIRIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031724485     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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