Increased synthesis of an Escherichia coli membrane protein suppresses F exclusion of bacteriophage T7

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 292, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 501-512

  Wang, Wen Fang ^a   Margolin, William ^b   Molineux, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cytoplasmic membrane protein; Phage exclusion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033600804     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3088     Document Type: Article

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