Characterization of Escherichia coli lysis using a family of chimeric E- L genes

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 159-167

  Witte, A ^a   Reisinger, G R ^a   Sackl W ^a   Wanner, G ^b   Lubitz, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

X174; Escherichia coli; Hybrid protein; MS2

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIOLYSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BETA-LACTAMASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032125495     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00211-0     Document Type: Article

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