Complementation and characterization of the nested Rz and Rz1 reading frames in the genome of bacteriophage λ

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 659-667

  Zhang, N ^a   Young, R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage ; Cell lysis; Endopeptidase; Lipoprotein; Rz gene

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT CATION; LIPOPROTEIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CROSS LINKING; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INSERTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033384639     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051128     Document Type: Article

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