LexA cleavage is required for CTX prophage induction

Molecular Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-300

  Quinones, Mariam ^a   Kimsey, Harvey H ^a   Waldor, Matthew K ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; LEXA PROTEIN; PROTEIN RSTR; RECA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHOLERA TOXIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MITOMYCIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROPHAGES; PROTEIN BINDING; REC A RECOMBINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 12344324892     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2004.11.046     Document Type: Article

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