The genomes, proteomes, and structures of three novel phages that infect the Bacillus cereus group and carry putative virulence factors

Journal of Virology

Volumn 88, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 11846-11860

  Grose, Julianne H ^a   Belnap, David M ^b   Jensen, Jordan D ^a   Mathis, Andrew D ^c   Prince, John T ^c   Merrill, Bryan D ^a   Burnett, Sandra H ^a   Breakwell, Donald P ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c N243 Eyring Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; PHAGE PARTICLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN TERC; PROTEIN TERD; PROTEOME; TELLURIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS PHAGE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE BASILISK; BACTERIOPHAGE JL; BACTERIOPHAGE SHANETTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGENIC ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE MAPPING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST RANGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIPHOVIRUS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; SUPERINFECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; GENETICS; METABOLISM; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS PHAGES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEOME; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84907883708     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01364-14     Document Type: Article

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