Genomic structure of phage B40-8 of Bacteroides fragilis

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1661-1670

  Puig, Montserrat ^a   Gironés, Rosina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; Genomics; Phage B40 8

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS;

EID: 0032805564     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-7-1661     Document Type: Article

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