Genome characteristics of a novel phage from Bacillus thuringiensis showing high similarity with phage from bacillus cereus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Yuan, Yihui ^a   Gao, Meiying ^a   Wu, Dandan ^a   Liu, Pengming ^a   Wu, Yan ^a  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS PHAGE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; SPOROGENESIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS CEREUS GROUP; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SIPHOVIRIDAE;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIPHOVIRIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861391321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037557     Document Type: Article

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