Genomic analysis of a phage and prophage from a Bacillus thuringiensis strain

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 95, Issue PART3, 2014, Pages 751-761

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

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PROPHAGES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84894028669     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.058735-0     Document Type: Article

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