Polarity within pM and pE promoted phage lambda cl-rexA-rexB transcription and its suppression

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-49

  Hayes, Sidney ^a   Slavcev, Roderick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

10Sa RNA tagging; Bacteriophage lambda ( ); CI and Cro repressors; ClpXP; Rex exclusion; Rho

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; DEGRADATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS; RNA;

LYSOGENIC CELLS; PLASMIDS; POLAR EFFECT; POLARITY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPX; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLPXP; REX PROTEIN; REXA PROTEIN; REXB PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA REPRESSOR PROTEIN; CLPXP PROTEASE, E COLI; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; REXA PROTEIN, BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; REXB PROTEIN, BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; RIBOSOME RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CELL POLARITY; GENE MUTATION; LYSOGENIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RENATURATION; REPRESSOR GENE; REXA GENE; REXB GENE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; STOP CODON; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASE CLP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; LYSOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 19044400886     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w04-115     Document Type: Article

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