Identification of an UP element within the IHF binding site at the P(L)1-P(L)2 tandem promoter of bacteriophage λ

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 484-491

  Giladi, Hilla ^a   Murakami, Katsuhiko ^b   Ishihama, Akira ^b   Oppenheim, Amos B ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

IHF; P(L) promoter; Phage ; RNA polymerase; UP element

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; BETA GALACTOSIDE; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 0030602875     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0416     Document Type: Article

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