Identification of a gene encoding a functional reverse transcriptase within a highly variable locus in the P2-like coliphages

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1643-1647

  Odegrip, Richard ^a,b   Nilsson, Anders S ^a   Haggård Ljungquist, Elisabeth ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Isogenica Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T5; COLIPHAGE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE;

BACTERIOPHAGE P2; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 32444447659     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.4.1643-1647.2006     Document Type: Article

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