Molecular characterization of a variant of Bacillus anthracis-specific phage AP50 with improved bacteriolytic activity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6792-6796

  Sozhamannan, Shanmuga ^a   McKinstry, Michael ^a   Lentz, Shannon M ^a   Jalasvuori, Matti ^b   McAfee, Farrell ^a   Smith, Angela ^a   Dabbs, Jason ^a   Ackermann, Hans W ^c   Bamford, Jaana K H ^b   Mateczun, Alfred ^a   Read, Timothy D ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIOLYTIC ACTIVITIES; GENOME ARCHITECTURES; GENOME SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATIONS; OPEN READING FRAMES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

AP50C GENE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOLYSIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST RANGE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS PHAGES; BACTERIOLYSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GENE ORDER; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PLAQUE ASSAY; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNTENY; TECTIVIRIDAE; VIRION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; POSIBACTERIA; TECTIVIRIDAE;

EID: 55049130446     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01124-08     Document Type: Article

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