Activation and repression of transcription at two different phage Φ29 promoters are mediated by interaction of the same residues of regulatory protein p4 with RNA polymerase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 383-391

  Monsalve, María ^a   Mencía, Mario ^a   Rojo, Fernando ^a,b   Salas, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Gene expression; Promoters; Protein protein contacts; Transcription repression

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 0030069874     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00368.x     Document Type: Article

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