A point mutation at the C-terminal half of the repressor of temperate mycobacteriophage L1 affects its binding to the operator DNA

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 709-714

  Ganguly, Tridib ^a   Chattoraj, Partho ^a   Das, Malabika ^a   Chanda, Palas K ^a   Mandal, Nitai C ^a   Lee, Chia Y ^b   Sau, Subrata ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gel shift assay; Mycobacteriophage L1; Temperature sensitive mutant CIts391 repressor; Wild type CI repressor

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; LEUCINE; PROLINE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HALF LIFE TIME; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; POINT MUTATION; REPRESSOR GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 13544274343     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2004.37.6.709     Document Type: Article

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