An Activator of Transcription Regulates Phage TP901-1 Late Gene Expression

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5626-5633

  Brøndsted, Lone ^a,b   Pedersen, Margit ^a   Hammer, Karin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS LACTIS; TRANSACTIVATION; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, REGULATOR; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0042825358     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5626-5633.2001     Document Type: Article

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