Genetic analysis of the bacteriophage λ attL nucleoprotein complex

Genetics

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1069-1079

  MacWilliams, Maria P ^a   Gumport, Richard I ^a   Gardner, Jeffrey F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITES; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRAL REGULATORY PROTEINS;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 0029971048     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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