Phage-borne factors and host LexA regulate the lytic switch in phage GIL01

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 6008-6019

  Fornelos, Nadine ^a,b   Bamford, Jaana K H ^b   Mahillon, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP1; GLYCOPROTEIN GP7; LEXA PROTEIN; MITOMYCIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BINDING SITES; DNA, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LYSOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); VIRUS ACTIVATION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 80055055071     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05618-11     Document Type: Article

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