Identification and characterization of a lysis module present in a large proportion of bacteriophages infecting Streptococcus thermophilus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 569-577

  Sheehan, Michelle M ^a   Stanley, Elizabeth ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032976001     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.2.569-577.1999     Document Type: Article

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