Two new early bacteriophage T4 genes, repEA and repEB, that are important for DNA replication initiated from origin E

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 7115-7125

  Vaiskunaite, Rita ^a,b   Miller, Andrew ^a   Davenport, Laura ^a   Mosig, Gisela ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRION;

T4 BACTERIOPHAGE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032748205     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.22.7115-7125.1999     Document Type: Article

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