Single-cell analysis of λ immunity regulation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 334, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 363-372

  Bæk, Kristoffer ^a   Svenningsen, Sine ^a   Eisen, Harvey ^b   Sneppen, Kim ^c   Brown, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage lambda; GFP; Repressor; Single cell analyses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE LAMBDA CI; IMMUNOREGULATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 0242663281     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.09.037     Document Type: Article

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