Functional genomic analysis of two Staphylococcus aureus phages isolated from the dairy environment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7663-7673

  García, Pilar ^a   Martínez, Beatriz ^a   Obeso, José María ^a   Lavigne, Rob ^b   Lurz, Rudi ^c   Rodríguez, Ana ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATIC ANALYSIS; COHESIVE END; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DNA MOLECULES; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA-PACKAGING; ENZYMATIC ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMIC ANALYSIS; GENE PRODUCTS; GENOME STRUCTURES; MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; N-TERMINALS; OPEN READING FRAME; POINT MUTATIONS; PUTATIVE FUNCTIONS; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOINFORMATICS; DNA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

GENES;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOINFORMATICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK; MUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; LYSOGENY; MILK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRAL STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 73249123201     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01864-09     Document Type: Article

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