Determination of the attP and attB sites of phage φCD27 from Clostridium difficile NCTC 12727

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 1439-1443

  Williams, Rachel ^a   Meader, Emma ^b,c   Mayer, Melinda ^b   Narbad, Arjan ^b   Roberts, Adam P ^a   Mullany, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, VIRAL; LYSOGENY; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROPHAGES; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS INTEGRATION; VIRUS RELEASE;

EID: 84881602189     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.058651-0     Document Type: Article

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