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SUBMITTER: Ladero V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC107307 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ladero V V García P P Bascarán V V Herrero M M Alvarez M A MA Suárez J E JE
Journal of bacteriology 19980701 13
The repressor gene of the Lactobacillus phage A2 has the following properties: it (i) encodes a 224-residue polypeptide with DNA binding and RecA cleavage motifs, (ii) is expressed in lysogenic cultures, and (iii) confers superinfection immunity on the host. Adjacent, but divergently transcribed, lies another open reading frame whose product resembles the lambda Cro protein. In the 161-bp intergenic segment, putative promoters and operators have been detected. ...[more]