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. 1992 Dec;174(24):8144–8147. doi: 10.1128/jb.174.24.8144-8147.1992

The carboxy-terminal 14 amino acids of phage lambda N protein are dispensable for transcription antitermination.

N C Franklin 1
PMCID: PMC207554  PMID: 1459962

Abstract

The analogous N proteins encoded by lambdoid bacteriophages lambda, 21, and 22 are very different in amino acid sequence, except at their carboxy-terminal ends. Since N lambda remains functional despite the deletion of most of its terminal region of homology to N21, that region of homology cannot represent a region of conserved function.

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