Transcriptional silencing by the mycobacteriophage L5 repressor

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 5914-5921

  Brown, Kelly L ^a   Sarkis, Gary J ^b   Wadsworth, Curtis ^a   Hatfull, Graham F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Mycobacteria; Repressor; Transcription; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROPHAGE; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; VIROGENESIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM PHAGE L5;

EID: 0030803306     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.19.5914     Document Type: Article

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