A bacteriophage-like particle from Bartonella bacilliformis

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 599-609

  Barbian, Kent D ^a   Minnick, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Bartonella; Defective phage; Transduction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA BACILLIFORMIS; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA DOSHIAE; BARTONELLA ELIZABETHAE; BARTONELLA GRAHAMII; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; FELIS CATUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0034101605     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-3-599     Document Type: Article

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