Analysis of the Genetic Switch and Replication Region of a P335-Type Bacteriophage with an Obligate Lytic Lifestyle on Lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1128-1139

  Madsen, Søren M ^a   Mills, David ^b   Djordjevic, Gordana ^c   Israelsen, Hans ^a   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^d  

^a Biotechnological Institute Denmark   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Universal Preservation Technol I   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA REPRESSOR PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LYSIN; MUCOPROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LYSOGENIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, SWITCH; GENES, VIRAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LYSOGENY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPLICATION ORIGIN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIPHOVIRIDAE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0035287417     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.3.1128-1139.2001     Document Type: Article

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