Participation of IHP and a distant UP element in the stimulation of the phage λ P(L) promoter

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 443-451

  Giladi, Hilla ^a   Koby, Simi ^a   Prag, Gali ^a   Engelhorn, Manuel ^b   Geiselmann, Johannes ^b   Oppenheim, Amos B ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; CURVED DNA; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031595527     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01079.x     Document Type: Article

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