Novel organization of genes involved in prophage excision identified in the temperate lactococcal bacteriophage TP901-1

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 7291-7297

  Breüner, Anne ^a   Brøndsted, Lone ^a   Hammer, Karin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLUOROURACIL; INTEGRASE; URACIL PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHROMOSOME; EXCISION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE;

EID: 0344614697     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.23.7291-7297.1999     Document Type: Article

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