Phenotypic transformation including host-range transition through superinfection of T-even phages

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 145-152

  Abe, Michiharu ^a   Izumoji, Yoshifumi ^a   Tanji, Yasunori ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Horizontal gene transfer; Host range; Recombination; Superinfection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SUPERINFECTION; VIRULENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, VIRAL; PHENOTYPE; T-PHAGES;

EID: 33847659746     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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