Binding cooperativity in phage λ is not sufficient to produce an effective switch

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3384-3392

  Gedeon, Tomáš ^a   Mischaikow, Konstantin ^b   Patterson, Kathryn ^a   Traldi, Eliane ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA REPRESSOR PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LYSOGENIZATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OPERATOR GENE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; LYSOGENY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 43649092195     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.121756     Document Type: Article

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