Identification of operator sites of the CI repressor of phage TP901-1: Evolutionary link to other phages

Virology

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 144-156

  Johansen, Annette H ^a,b   Brøndsted, Lone ^a,c   Hammer, Karin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CHR HANSEN A S   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cooperative DNA protein binding; Evolution; Footprint; Gene regulation; Genetic switch; Lactococcal bacteriophage; Multimeric forms; Operator sites; Repressor; TP901 1

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE TP9011; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; EVOLUTION; GEL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SWITCHING; LACTOCOCCUS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS;

EID: 0037708008     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6822(03)00169-7     Document Type: Article

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