Bacteriophage T4 gp2 interferes with cell viability and with bacteriophage lambda red recombination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1352-1355

  Appasani, Krishnarao ^a,c   Thaler, David S ^b   Goldberg, Edward B ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CELL VIABILITY; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECOMBINANT GENE;

EID: 0032986887     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.4.1352-1355.1999     Document Type: Article

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