DNA requirements in vivo for phage T4 packaging

Virology

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 118-127

  Lin, Hsingchi ^a   Black, Lindsay W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; VIRUS GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; T4 BACTERIOPHAGE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032030444     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.9019     Document Type: Article

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