RecA-dependent viral burst in bacterial colonies during the entry into stationary phase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 313-317

  Ramirez E ^a   Schmidt, M ^b   Rinas, U ^b   Villaverde, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colony growth; Growth rate; P22; Prophage induction; RecA; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; GROWTH RATE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIRUS;

BACTERIOPHAGE P22; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; MUTATION; REC A RECOMBINASES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0344766110     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00559-X     Document Type: Article

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