Identification of a phage-coded DNA-binding protein that regulates transcription from late promoters in bacteriophage P4

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 745-755

  Polo, Simona ^a,b   Sturniolo, Tiziana ^a,c   Dehó, Gianni ^a   Ghisotti, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b DIBIT H S Raffaele   (Italy)

^c ROCHE MILANO RICERCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activator; Gel retardation; Helix turn helix motif; Plasmid; Repressor

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029871752     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0199     Document Type: Article

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