Prophages and bacterial genomics: What have we learned so far?

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 277-300

  Casjens, Sherwood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HOST; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PUBLICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES; VIRUS GENOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OPERON; PROPHAGES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037825641     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03580.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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