Isolation and characterization of the bacteriophage WO from Wolbachia, an arthropod endosymbiont

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 317, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1183-1188

  Fujii, Yukiko ^a,d   Kubo, Takeo ^a   Ishikawa, Hajime ^b   Sasaki, Tetsuhiko ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Symbiont; Transformation; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE WO; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LYSOGENY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTHS; OPEN READING FRAMES; SYMBIOSIS; VIRAL PROTEINS; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE WO; HEXAPODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 1942536029     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.03.164     Document Type: Article

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