The bacteriophage λ CI protein finds an asymmetric solution

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-86

  Hochschild, Ann ^a   Lewis, Mitchell ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; REVIEW;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 60349130270     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.12.008     Document Type: Review

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