Identification of multiple integration sites for Stx-phage Φ24B in the Escherichia coli genome, description of a novel integrase and evidence for a functional anti-repressor

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4098-4110

  Fogg, Paul C M ^a   Gossage, Sharon M ^a   Smith, Darren L ^a   Saunders, Jon R ^a   McCarthy, Alan J ^a   Allison, Heather E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; INTEGRASE; PROTEIN P22; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DNA INTEGRATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; LYSOGENIZATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUPERINFECTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; INTEGRASES; LYSOGENY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SHIGA TOXIN; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 37449025936     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/011205-0     Document Type: Article

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