Bacteriophage T4 host range is expanded by duplications of a small domain of the tail fiber adhesin

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 726-731

  Tetart F ^a   Repoila, F ^a,b   Monod, C ^a   Krisch, H M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genome plasticity; Host range; Myoviruses; Recombination; T even bacteriophages

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR BINDING; SHIGELLA; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS MUTATION; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0342576226     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0281     Document Type: Editorial

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