The transcriptional switch of bacteriophage WΦ, a P2-related but heteroimmune coliphage

Journal of Virology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 9816-9826

  Liu, Tao ^a   Haggård Ljungquist, Elisabeth ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; COLIPHAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0344671598     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.12.9816-9826.1999     Document Type: Article

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