Insertion site occupancy by stx2 bacteriophages depends on the locus availability of the host strain chromosome

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 6645-6654

  Serra Moreno, Ruth ^a   Jofre, Juan ^a   Muniesa, Maite ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; LYSOGENIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CATTLE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; INTEGRASES; LYSOGENY; MUTATION; PROPHAGES; SHEEP; SHIGA-LIKE TOXIN II; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

BOS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548595387     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00466-07     Document Type: Article

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