Phage λ-New Insights into Regulatory Circuits

Advances in Virus Research

Volumn 82, Issue , 2012, Pages 155-178

  Wegrzyn, Grzegorz ^a   Licznerska, Katarzyna ^a   Wegrzyn, Alicja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage lambda; Genetic switches; Regulation of biological processes; Viral development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858211116     PISSN: 00653527     EISSN: 15578399     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394621-8.00016-9     Document Type: Chapter

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