The switch from early to late transcription in phage GA-1: Characterization of the regulatory protein p4(G)

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 290, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 917-928

  Horcajadas, José Antonio ^a   Monsalve, María ^a   Rojo, Fernando ^b   Salas, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacillus; DNA binding; Prokaryotic repressors; Protein DNA interactions; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACILLUS PHAGE GA-1; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE GA; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033618321     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2932     Document Type: Article

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