An N-terminal mutation in the bacteriophage T4 motA gene yields a protein that binds DNA but is defective for activation of transcription

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6133-6139

  Gerber, Jeffrey S ^a   Hinton, Deborah M ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIOPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029910511     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.21.6133-6139.1996     Document Type: Article

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