Genetic organization and functional analysis of a novel phage abortive infection system, AbiL, from Lactococcus lactis

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 67, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 135-149

  Deng, Yi Mo ^a   Liu, Chun Qiang ^a   W Dunn, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

AbiL; Phage resistance mechanism; Plasmid pND861

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; PROTEINS;

PHAGE ABORTIVE INFECTION SYSTEM; PHAGE RESISTANCE MECHANISM;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032926667     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(98)00175-8     Document Type: Article

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