PY54, a linear plasmid prophage of Yersinia enterocolitica with covalently closed ends

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 989-1003

  Hertwig, Stefan ^a   Klein, Iris ^a   Lurz, Rudi ^b   Lanka, Erich ^b   Appel, Bernd ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALINDROMIC DNA; PLASMID DNA; TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE PY54; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TELOMERE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

COLI PHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0037849863     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03458.x     Document Type: Article

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