Genome sequence and characterization of a Rhodococcus equi phage REQ1

Virus Genes

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 588-590

  Petrovski, Steve ^a,b   Seviour, Robert J ^a   Tillett, Daniel ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; REQ1 bacteriophage; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE REQ1; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS EXAMINATION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84878655894     PISSN: 09208569     EISSN: 1572994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11262-013-0887-1     Document Type: Article

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