Article
Temperature-sensitive mutations in the bacteriophage Mu c repressor locate a 63-amino-acid DNA-binding domain.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Oct 1991
Vogel J L, Li Z J, Howe M M, Toussaint A, Higgins N P
Abstract excerpt
Phage Mu's c gene product is a cooperative regulatory protein that binds to a large, complex, tripartite 184-bp operator. To probe the mechanism of repressor action, we isolated and characterized 13 phage mutants that cause Mu to undergo lytic development when cells are shifted from 30 to 42 degrees C. This collection contained only four mutations in the repressor gene, and all were clustered near the N terminus....
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacteriophage mu
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- DNA, Viral
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Escherichia coli
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Kinetics
- Macromolecular Substances
- Molecular Sequence Data