Interaction of the Cro repressor with the lysis/lysogeny switch of the Lactobacillus casei temperate bacteriophage A2

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2891-2895

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

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CRO PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; POSIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0036843630     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-83-11-2891     Document Type: Article

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