Temperate Streptococcus thermophilus phages expressing superinfection exclusion proteins of the Ltp type

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Ali, Yahya ^a,b,c   Koberg, Sabrina ^a   Heßner, Stefanie ^a   Sun, Xingmin ^a,d   Rabe, Björn ^a,e   Back, Angela ^a   Neve, Horst ^a   Heller, Knut J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^b JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Prophage; Streptococcus thermophilus; Superinfection exclusion; TP 778L; TP DSM20617; TP EW; TP J34

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; INTEGRASE; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MITOMYCIN; SUPERINFECTION EXCLUSION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SUPERINFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA ISOLATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCISION REPAIR; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LYSOGENIZATION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRESSOR GENE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84897951283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00098     Document Type: Article

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