Two beginnings for a single purpose: The dual-start holins in the regulation of phage lysis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 675-682

  Bläsi, Udo ^a   Young, Ry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOLYSIN; HOLIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARGININE; HOLIN PROTEIN; LYSINE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CYTOLYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HOLIN GENE; HOST CELL; LAMBDA S GENE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; START CODON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029764787     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.331395.x     Document Type: Review

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