Frameshift mutations in the bacteriophage Mu repressor gene can confer a trans-dominant virulent phenotype to the phage.
Geuskens V, Vogel JL, Grimaud R, Desmet L, Higgins NP, Toussaint A.
Geuskens V, et al. Among authors: desmet l.
J Bacteriol. 1991 Oct;173(20):6578-85. doi: 10.1128/jb.173.20.6578-6585.1991.
J Bacteriol. 1991.
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The vir mutations are in the same repressor region as the sts amber mutations which, by eliminating several C-terminal amino acids, suppress thermosensitivity of repressor binding to the operators by its N-terminal domain (J. L. Vogel, N. P. Higgins, L. Desmet …
The vir mutations are in the same repressor region as the sts amber mutations which, by eliminating several C-terminal amino acids, suppress …