Replication enhancer-independent mutation increases the co-operativity with which an initiator protein binds its origin.

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The plus-strand replication origin of bacteriophage fl has a bipartite structure consisting of a required core origin region and an adjacent A + T-rich enhancer sequence that potentiates replication approximately 100-fold. The core origin binds the initiator protein (gpII) and the enhancer binds the Escherichia coli integration host factor (IHF). gpII binds the core origin in two steps, forming a binding...

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