A2 Cro, the lysogenic cycle repressor, specifically binds to the genetic switch region of Lactobacillus casei bacteriophage A2

Virology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 220-229

  Ladero, Victor ^a   García, Pilar ^b   Alonso, Juan C ^c   Suárez, Juan E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

DNA; Gene expression; Lactobacillus; Phage life cycle

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE MAPPING; GENE SWITCHING; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; POSIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033568075     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9903     Document Type: Article

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