Bacteriophages of Spirochetes

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 365-373

  Eggers, Christian H ^a,e   Casjens, Sherwood ^b   Hayes, Stanley F ^c   Garon, Claude F ^c   Damman, Christopher J ^d,f   Oliver, Donald B ^d   Samuels, D Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^f PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONFERENCE PAPER; LYME DISEASE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPIROCHETE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0033758759     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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