Positive autoregulation of cI is a dispensable feature of the phage λ gene regulatory circuitry

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6430-6442

  Michalowski, Christine B ^a   Little, John W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CI GENE; COMPLEX FORMATION; EVOLUTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, REGULATOR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 24944550880     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.18.6430-6442.2005     Document Type: Article

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