Transcription activation or repression by phage Φ29 protein p4 depends on the strength of the RNA polymerase-promoter interactions

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-107

  Monsalve, María ^a   Calles, Belén ^a   Mencía, Mario ^a,c   Salas, Margarita ^a   Rojo, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; P4 PROTEIN, BACTERIOPHAGE PHI 29; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS PHAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACILLUS PHAGES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0031300893     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80011-8     Document Type: Article

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