Acquired mutations in phage λ genes O or P that enable constitutive expression of a cryptic λN+ cl[Ts]cro- prophage in E. coli cells shifted from 30°C to 42°C, accompanied by loss of imm(λ) and Rex+ phenotypes and emergence of a non-immune exclusion-state

Gene

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 115-128

  Hayes, Sidney ^a   Hayes, Connie ^b   Bull, Harold J ^c   Pelcher, Larry A ^b   Slavcev, Roderick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage ; CI rexA rexB operon; IS2 insertions; Nie exclusion; O and P mutations

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HETEROIMMUNE PHAGE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032569963     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00363-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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