DNA-binding activity of the Streptococcus thermophilus phage Sfi21 repressor

Virology

Volumn 303, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 100-109

  Bruttin, Anne ^a   Foley, Sophie ^a,b   Brüssow, Harald ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CELL EXTRACT; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL PROTECTION; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; SUPERINFECTION; TEMPERATURE; TERMINAL SEQUENCE;

STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS BACTERIOPHAGE SFI21;

EID: 0036930054     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1574     Document Type: Article

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