A new look at bacteriophage λ genetic networks

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 298-304

  Court, Donald L ^a   Oppenheim, Amos B ^a,b,c   Adhya, Sankar L ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CYTOLYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; LYSOGENY; MODELS, GENETIC;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 33846329120     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01215-06     Document Type: Short Survey

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