Site-specific spontaneous deletions in three genome regions of a temperate Streptococcus thermophilus phage

Virology

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 96-104

  Bruttin, Anne ^a   Brüssow, Harald ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE P1; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; VIRUS GENOME;

FORMICIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0343371827     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1996.0226     Document Type: Article

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