The genetic switch for the regulatory pathway of Lactobacillus plantarum phage φg1e: characterization of the promoter P(L), the repressor gene cpg, and the cpg-encoded protein Cpg in Escherichia coli

Gene

Volumn 242, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 155-166

  Kakikawa, Makiko ^a   Ohkubo, Shingo ^a   Syama, Michio ^a   Taketo, Akira ^b   Kodaira, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; Operator; Promoter; Repressor

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SWITCHING; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECOMBINANT PLASMID; REPRESSOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033985477     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00531-4     Document Type: Article

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