Two overlapping SOS boxes in CoIE operons are responsible for the viability of cells harboring the Col plasmid

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-411

  Lu, Fong Ming ^a   Chak, Kin Fu ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colicin E7; LexA binding motif; Oligonucleotide directed site specific mutagenesis; SOS box

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; COLICIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL VIABILITY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030037459     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02172368     Document Type: Article

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