Sequencing Bacillus anthracis typing phages gamma and cherry reveals a common ancestry

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3402-3408

  Fouts, Derrick E ^a   Rasko, David A ^a,c   Cer, Regina Z ^a   Jiang, Lingxia ^a   Fedorova, Nadia B ^a   Shvartsbeyn, Alla ^a   Vamathevan, Jessica J ^a   Tallon, Luke ^a   Althoff, Ryan ^a   Arbogast, Tamara S ^a   Fadrosh, Douglas W ^a   Read, Timothy D ^b   Gill, Steven R ^a,d  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE CHERRY; BACTERIOPHAGE FAH; BACTERIOPHAGE GAMMA; BACTERIOPHAGE WBETA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS PHAGES; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIOPHAGE GAMMA;

EID: 33646264828     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.9.3402-3408.2006     Document Type: Article

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