Bacteriophage Tuc2009 encodes a tail-associated cell wall-degrading activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3480-3491

  Kenny, John G ^a   McGrath, Stephen ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a,b   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE TUC2009; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; ENZYMES; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PROPHAGES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIPHOVIRIDAE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE TUC2009; CAUDOVIRALES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SIPHOVIRIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 2442650308     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.11.3480-3491.2004     Document Type: Article

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