Genome plasticity in the distal tail fiber locus of the T-even bacteriophage: Recombination between conserved motifs swaps adhesin specificity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 282, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 543-556

  Tetart F ^a   Desplats, C ^a   Krisch, H M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Genome plasticity; Host range; Recombination; T even bacteriophages; Tail fiber adhesins

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GENE PRODUCT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENOME; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); T4 BACTERIOPHAGE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032566488     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2047     Document Type: Article

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