Mutational analysis of a satellite phage activator

Gene

Volumn 223, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 129-134

  Julien, Bryan ^a   Pountney, Dean ^b,c   Christie, Gail E ^b   Calendar, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activators; DNA binding; RNA polymerase; Satellite phage; Zinc binding

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0032569976     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00161-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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