Functional interactions between a phage histone-like protein and a transcriptional factor in regulation of φ29 early-late transcriptional switch

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2502-2513

  Elías Arnanz, Montserrat ^a,b   Salas, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Architectural factors; Bacteriophage 29; Histone like protein; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; NUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BINDING SITES; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HISTONES; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIOPHAGE PHI29;

EID: 0039554345     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.19.2502     Document Type: Article

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