Drastically decreased transcription from CII-activated promoters is responsible for impaired lysogenization of the Escherichia coli rpoA341 mutant by bacteriophage lambda.

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It was demonstrated previously that a mutation, rpoA341, in the gene encoding the alpha subunit of Escherichia coli RNA polymerase prevents lysogenization by bacteriophage lambda. The rpoA341 allele is known to be responsible for impaired transcription of some positively regulated E. coli chromosomal operons. Here we demonstrate that the inhibition of lysogenization of the rpoA341 mutant is a result of...

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