Anatomy of a lactococcal phage tail

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3972-3982

  Mc Grath, Stephen ^a   Neve, Horst ^b   Seegers, Jos F M L ^c   Eijlander, Robyn ^d   Vegge, Christina S ^e   Brøndsted, Lone ^e   Heller, Knut J ^b   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a,f   Vogensen, Finn K ^e   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^c Lactrys Biophamaceuticals   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE TAIL; BACTERIOPHAGE TUC2009; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LACTOCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC VECTORS; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; SIPHOVIRIDAE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

EID: 33744764303     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00024-06     Document Type: Article

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