Analysis of the baseplate region of phage AR1 that specifically infects Escherichia coli O157:H7

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 269-271

  Liao, Chung Ping ^a   Syu, Wan Jr ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Baseplate; Escherichia coli; O157:H7; Phage AR1

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; GENE PRODUCT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLIPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MODELS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0036938279     PISSN: 02532662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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