The Tailocin Tale: Peeling off Phage Tails

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 587-590

  Ghequire, Maarten G K ^a   De Mot, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Protein translocation; Pseudomonas; Pyocin; R type bacteriocin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; PYOCIN; TAILOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL STRUCTURES; BACTERIOPHAGE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE CLUSTER; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PHAGE TAIL; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOCINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCINS;

EID: 84943602798     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.07.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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