Inactivation of Burkholderia cepacia complex phage KS9 gp41 identifies the phage repressor and generates lytic virions

Journal of Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1276-1288

  Lynch, Karlene H ^a   Seed, Kimberley D ^a   Stothard, Paul ^a   Dennis, Jonathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE II; PROTEIN KS9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MORPHOTYPE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DNA PRIMERS; GENOME, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLAQUE ASSAY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRION; VIRULENCE; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PYRROCINIA; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; GALLERIA MELLONELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

EID: 73949121990     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01843-09     Document Type: Article

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