Inhibition of spontaneous induction of lambdoid prophages in Escherichia coli cultures: Simple procedures with possible biotechnological applications

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Czyz, Agata ^a   Los, Marcin ^b   Wrobel, Borys ^c,d   Wegrzyn, Grzegorz ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLYSIS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PROPHAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE 434; ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 3042561462     PISSN: 14726750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-1-1     Document Type: Article

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