Identification of the repressor-encoding gene of the Lactobacillus bacteriophage A2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 3474-3476

  Ladero, Victor ^a   García, Pilar ^a   Bascarán, Victoria ^a   Herrero, Mónica ^a   Alvarez, Miguel A ^a   Suárez, Juan E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE LOCATION; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE;

LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 0031801747     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.13.3474-3476.1998     Document Type: Article

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