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Identification of the nusB gene product of Escherichia coli.

Molecular & general genetics : MGG ·Vol. 182 ·No. 3 ·1981-00-00 ·Pages 498-501

Strauch M, Friedman DI

Abstract

Escherichia coli nusB mutants fail to support the activity of a phage lambda gene product, pN, which regulates phage gene expression by influencing transcription termination. We report the identification of the nusB protein on SDS-polyacrylamide gels as a 14,500 dalton protein.

MeSH Terms
Bacterial Proteins/genetics Bacteriophage lambda/genetics Escherichia coli/genetics Molecular Weight Transcription Factors/genetics Transduction, Genetic Viral Proteins/genetics
Chemicals
Bacterial Proteins Transcription Factors Viral Proteins
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Strauch M
Friedman D I
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Article Info
Journal
Molecular & general genetics : MGG
Abbr.
Mol Gen Genet
ISSN
0026-8925
DOI
10.1007/BF00293941
Published
1981-00-00
Pages
498-501
Language
English
Region
Germany
NLM ID
0125036
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1007/BF00293941
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