Modelling the stability of Stx lysogens

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 248, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-250

  Evans, Thomas ^a   Bowers, Roger G ^a   Mortimer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Induction; Lysogeny; Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL ORGANELLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENOME; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BACTERIOLYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; LYSOGENY; MODELS, GENETIC; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROPHAGES; SHIGA TOXINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE 933W; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548033288     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.05.024     Document Type: Article

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