The bacteriophage T4 transcriptional activator MotA accepts various base-pair changes within its binding sequence

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 931-944

  Marshall, Philip ^a   Sharma, Mridula ^a   Hinton, Deborah M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; AsiA; Bacteriophage; Mota; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; RNA POLYMERASE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EUKARYOTA; T4 BACTERIOPHAGE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033593502     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2373     Document Type: Article

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