Development of a novel method of lytic phage delivery by use of a bacteriophage P22 site-specific recombination system

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-265

  Platt, Ratree ^a   Reynolds, Donald L ^a   Phillips, Gregory J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage therapy; Excision; Integration; Lambda

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE P22; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; HOST; IN VITRO STUDY; LYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0038434048     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00388-4     Document Type: Article

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