Identification of five novel tectiviruses in Bacillus strains: Analysis of a highly variable region generating genetic diversity

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 118-126

  Jalasvuori, Matti ^a,c   Palmu, Saara ^a   Gillis, Annika ^b   Kokko, Hanna ^c   Mahillon, Jacques ^b   Bamford, Jaana K H ^a   Fornelos, Nadine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Lysogeny; ORFan; Phage cycle regulation; Tectivirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS PHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TECTIVIRIDAE; VIRION;

TECTIVIRUS;

EID: 84873987972     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.10.011     Document Type: Article

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