Overexpression, purification, and analysis of the c1 repressor protein of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage D3

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 220-226

  Farinha, Mark A ^a   Kropinski, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

lambdoid phage; operator; promoter; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; repressor

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030986340     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/m97-030     Document Type: Article

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