The CII protein of bacteriophage 186 establishes lysogeny by activating a promoter upstream of the lysogenic promoter

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 751-761

  Neufing, Petra J ^a   Shearwin, Keith E ^a   Camerotto, Julianne ^a,b   Egan, J Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; CII PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; BACTERIOPHAGE 186; BINDING SITE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE 186;

EID: 0029746052     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.351394.x     Document Type: Article

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