Genome rearrangements in host-range mutants of the polyvalent staphylococcal bacteriophage 812

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-338

  Kasparek P ^a   Pantucek R ^a   Kahankova J ^a   Ruzickova V ^a   Doskar J ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOLYSIN; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRAL TAIL PROTEINS;

MYOVIRIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 35348896079     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02932087     Document Type: Article

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