Mycobacteriophage TM4: Genome structure and gene expression

Tubercle and Lung Disease

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 63-73

  Ford, M E ^a   Stenstrom, C ^a   Hendrix, R W ^a   Hatfull, Graham F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; PEROXIDASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHRONOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME; GROWTH; INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRION;

EID: 0032453269     PISSN: 09628479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tuld.1998.0007     Document Type: Article

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