Identification of the J and K genes in the bacteriophage Mu genome sequence

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-32

  Smith, Mikela L ^a   Avanigadda, Lakshmi N ^a   Liddell, Patty W ^a   Kenwright, Kathleen M ^a   Howe, Martha M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage Mu; Mu phage particle assembly; Phage Mu genes J and K; Phage Mu genome sequence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; J GENE; K GENE; LETTER; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

BACTERIOPHAGE MU; GENES, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; VIRAL TAIL PROTEINS;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU;

EID: 78349266064     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02128.x     Document Type: Letter

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