Gene product 0.4 increases bacteriophage T7 competitiveness by inhibiting host cell division

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 19549-19554

  Kiro, Ruth ^a   Molshanski Mor, Shahar ^a   Yosef, Ido ^a   Milam, Sara L ^b   Erickson, Harold P ^b   Qimron, Udi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial division; Bacteriophage biology; Host takeover

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CELL DIVISION; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE PRODUCT; HOST CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

BACTERIAL DIVISION; BACTERIOPHAGE BIOLOGY; HOST TAKEOVER;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMIDS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84888367816     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1314096110     Document Type: Article

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