Mechanisms that determine the differential stability of STX+ and STX- lysogens

Toxins

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Colon, Michael P ^a   Chakraborty, Dolonchapa ^a   Pevzner, Yonatan ^a   Koudelka, Gerald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Induction; RecA; Shiga toxin; Virulence

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN; RECA PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEROTOXIN 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA DAMAGE; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE ASSAY; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PROPHAGE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS INDUCTION; GENETICS; LYSOGENIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYSOGENY; PROPHAGES; SHIGA TOXIN 2;

EID: 85012022686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins8040096     Document Type: Article

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