Mosaic structure of Shiga-toxin-2-encoding phages isolated from Escherichia coli O157:H7 indicates frequent gene exchange between lambdoid phage genomes

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1929-1936

  Johansen, B K ^a   Wasteson, Y ^a   Granum, P E ^a   Brynestad, S ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

STEC; Stx2 encoding phages; VTEC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; INTEGRASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; SHIGA TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE PROBE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0034927154     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-7-1929     Document Type: Article

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