Mutational analysis of protein binding sites involved in formation of the Bacteriophage λ attL complex

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1059-1167

  MacWilliams, Maria ^a,b   Gumport, Richard I ^a   Gardner, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 0031056717     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1059-1067.1997     Document Type: Article

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