Cnr protein, the negative regulator of bacteriophage P4 replication, stimulates specific DNA binding of its initiator protein α

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2817-2822

  Ziegelin, Günter ^a   Calendar, Richard ^b   Ghisotti, Daniela ^c   Terzano, Susanna ^c   Lanka, Erich ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0030955082     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.2817-2822.1997     Document Type: Article

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