Regulation of the Serratia marcescens extracellular nuclease: Positive control by a homolog of P2 Ogr encoded by a cryptic prophage

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 264-278

  Jin, Shida ^a   Chen, Yi Chi ^a   Christie, Gail E ^b   Benedik, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage P2; Cryptic prophage; Gene regulation; Transcriptional activator; Transposon mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; LYSOZYME; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEASE; PORIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROPHAGE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029928717     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0084     Document Type: Article

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