DNA analysis of temperate bacteriophage Aa∅23 isolated from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 323-325

  Willi, K ^a   Meyer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Circular permutation; Integrated prophage; Linear phage DNA; Temperate bacteriophage Aa 23; Terminal redundancy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031867504     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050737     Document Type: Article

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