Repression of lac promoter as a function of distance, phase and quality of an auxiliary lac operator

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-29

  Müller, Johannes ^a   Oehler, Stefan ^a,b   Müller Hill, Benno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA helical repeat; DNA looping; Lac operator; Lac repressor; Repression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CHROMOSOME; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REPRESSION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 0029975889     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0143     Document Type: Article

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