A role for bacteriophage T4 rI gene function in the control of phage development during pseudolysogeny and in slowly growing host cells

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 547-552

  Los, Marcin ^a,b   Wegrzyn, Grzegorz ^b,c   Neubauer, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth rate; Chemostat; Escherichia coli; Phages; Rapid lysis T4 mutants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CHEMOSTAT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; HOST CELL; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0141532944     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00151-7     Document Type: Article

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