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Characterization of the cts4 repressor mutation in transposable bacteriophage Mu.
Research in microbiology - 1 Oct 2002
Rousseau Philippe, Laachouch Jamal E, Chandler Mick, Toussaint Ariane
Abstract excerpt
Mucts4 was isolated more than 30 years ago and was the first available thermoinducible derivative of transposable phage Mu. We have characterized the cts4 mutation and the corresponding mutant protein. Contrary to previously characterized thermoinducible Mu prophages (e.g., Mucts62), Mucts4 lysogenizes at reduced frequency even at 30 degrees C. The cts4 mutation (Leu129Val) was located in this central repressor...
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