Identification of functional regions of the nun transcription termination protein of phage HK022 and the N antitermination protein of phage λ using hybrid nun-N genes

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-20

  Henthorn, Karla S ^a,b   Friedman, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid proteins; N; Nun; Transcription antitermination; Transcription termination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYBRID GENE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 0343724771     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0142     Document Type: Article

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