Divergence of a DNA replication gene cluster in the T4-related bacteriophage RB69

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2005-2013

  Yeh, Lu Shu ^a,b   Hsu, Tien ^a,c   Karam, Jim D ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; HELICASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA REPLICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); T4 BACTERIOPHAGE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031949623     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.8.2005-2013.1998     Document Type: Article

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