Bacteriophage P4 Vis protein is needed for prophage excision

Virology

Volumn 322, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-92

  Calì, Simona ^a,c   Spoldi, Elena ^a,c   Piazzolla, Daniela ^a,d   Dodd, Ian B ^b   Forti, Francesca ^a   Dehò, Gianni ^a   Ghisotti, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Biotechnology Division   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage P4; DNA bending; DNA binding; Lysogenization; Vis regulator

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; GENE PRODUCT; INTEGRASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; SUPERINFECTION; VIRUS MUTANT; VIRUS RECOMBINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLIPHAGES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1942486259     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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