Molecular characterization of a phage-inducible middle promoter and its transcriptional activator from the lactococcal bacteriophage Φ31

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 921-931

  Walker, Shirley A ^a   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS BACTERIOPHAGE PHI31; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRIXIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031906355     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.4.921-931.1998     Document Type: Article

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