Article
immX immunity region of rhizobium phage 16-3: two overlapping cistrons of repressor function.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 2003
Csiszovszki Zsolt, Buzás Zsuzsanna, Semsey Szabolcs, Ponyi Tamás, Papp Péter P, Orosz László
Abstract excerpt
16-3 is a temperate phage of the symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobium meliloti 41. Its prophage state and immunity against superinfection by homoimmune phages are governed by a complex set of controls: the immC and immX repressor systems and the avirT element are all located in well-separated, distinct regions which span 25 kb on the bacteriophage chromosome. The anatomy and function of the immC region...
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