Functional analysis of the lysis genes of Staphylococcus aureus phage P68 in Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2331-2342

  Takáč, Marian ^a   Witte, Angela ^a   Bläsi, Udo ^a  

^a Vienna Biocenter   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOLYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 22144453870     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27937-0     Document Type: Article

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