In vivo packaging of bacteriophage λ monomeric chromosomes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-87

  Thomason, Lynn C ^a   Thaler, David S ^b   Stahl, Mary M ^a   Stahl, Franklin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage lambda; Cro protein; DNA packaging; Monomeric chromosomes; Terminase enzyme

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PACKAGING; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS MUTANT;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 0031582078     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0870     Document Type: Article

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