The genome of S-PM2, a "photosynthetic" T4-type bacteriophage that infects marine Synechococcus strains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3188-3200

  Mann, Nicholas H ^a   Clokie, Martha R J ^a   Millard, Andrew ^a   Cook, Annabel ^a   Wilson, William H ^b   Wheatley, Peter J ^c   Letarov, Andrey ^d   Krisch, H M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UPS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENERGY YIELD; GENE CONTROL; GENOME; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VIRION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE COMPOSITION; CODON, INITIATOR; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS; VIRION;

BACTERIOPHAGE S; CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 6301;

EID: 17644410730     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.9.3188-3200.2005     Document Type: Article

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