Phage abortive infection of Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 9800; Identification of the abiBL11 gene and localisation and sequencing of its promoter region

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 845-852

  Tran, L S P ^a,b   Szabo L ^a   Ponyi, T ^a   Orosz, L ^a   Sik T ^a   Holczinger, A ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; POSIBACTERIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032694884     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051602     Document Type: Article

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