Occurrence of a sequence in marine cyanophages similar to that of T4 g20 and its application to PCR-based detection and quantification techniques

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2051-2060

  Fuller, Nicholas J ^a   Wilson, William H ^b   Joint, Ian R ^c   Mann, Nicholas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIPHAGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

CYANOBACTERIA; MIRIDAE; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031776161     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2051-2060.1998     Document Type: Article

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