Vibrio cholerae phage K139: Complete genome sequence and comparative genomics of related phages

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 6592-6601

  Kapfhammer, Dagmar ^a   Blass, Julia ^a   Evers, Stefan ^a   Reidl, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE K139; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOVIRIDAE; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYOVIRIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0036889226     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.23.6592-6601.2002     Document Type: Article

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