Switching the polarity of a bacteriophage integration system

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1719-1728

  Smith, Matthew C A ^a   Till, Rob ^a   Smith, Margaret C M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHROMOSOME; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENOME, VIRAL; INTEGRASES; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOMYCES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOMYCES; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 1642565399     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2003.03942.x     Document Type: Article

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