Essentiality of the early transcript in the replication origin of the lactococcal prolate phage c2

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 8010-8017

  Schiemann, Anja H ^a   Rakonjac, Jasna ^a   Callanan, Michael ^a,d   Gordon, James ^a   Polzin, Kayla ^b,e   Lubbers, Mark W ^b   O'Toole, Paul W ^a,c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b FONTERRA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^e Land O Lakes Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; GENE MUTATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPLICATION ORIGIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS PHAGE C2; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 9244248131     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.23.8010-8017.2004     Document Type: Article

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