The Bacillus thuringiensis Linear Double-Stranded DNA Phage Bam35, Which Is Highly Similar to the Bacillus cereus Linear Plasmid pBClin15, Has a Prophage State

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 6985-6989

  Strömsten, Nelli J ^a   Benson, Stacy D ^b   Burnett, Roger M ^b   Bamford, Dennis H ^a   Bamford, Jaana K H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE BAM35; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PLASMID PBCLIN15; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SPECIES COMPARISON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CAPSID PROTEINS; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; PROPHAGES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0345687907     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.23.6985-6989.2003     Document Type: Article

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