Activation and transfer of the chromosomal phage resistance mechanism AbiV in Lactococcus lactis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3358-3361

  Haaber, Jakob ^a   Moineau, Sylvain ^b   Hammer, Karin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; RESISTANCE MECHANISMS; RESISTANT MUTANTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; UPSTREAM REGION; WILD TYPES;

STRAIN;

BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ORDER; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS;

EID: 66249138894     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02538-08     Document Type: Article

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