Abstract
Physical and genetic studies verify that the DNA binding domain of protein gpNu1 (which initiates packaging of phage lambda DNA) is a winged helix-turn-helix (w HTH) and that gpNu1 dimers bind sites that are brought close through DNA bending.
MeSH terms
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Bacteriophage lambda / genetics*
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DNA, Viral / metabolism*
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Helix-Turn-Helix Motifs
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Nucleic Acid Conformation*
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Viral Proteins / genetics
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Viral Proteins / metabolism
Substances
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DNA, Viral
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Viral Proteins
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lambda phage protein Nu 1