Oligomeric structure of the repressor of the bacteriophage Mu early operon

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 408-415

  Alazard, Robert ^a   Ebel, Christine ^b   Venien Bryan, Catherine ^b   Mourey, Lionel ^c   Samama, Jean Pierre ^c   Chandler, Michael ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Mu repressor; Oligomerisation; Protein quaternary structure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CROSS LINKING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REPRESSOR GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032521594     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2520408.x     Document Type: Article

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