Integration Host Factors

Bakteriella integrationsfaktorer

Svensk definition

Bakterieproteiner som utnyttjas av bakteriofager för att införliva sitt DNA i värdbakteriens DNA. De är DNA-bindande proteiner som spelar en roll både för genetisk rekombination och i regleringen av transkription och translation.

Engelsk definition

Bacterial proteins that are used by BACTERIOPHAGES to incorporate their DNA into the DNA of the "host" bacteria. They are DNA-binding proteins that function in genetic recombination as well as in transcriptional and translational regulation.

Svenska synonymer

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Engelska synonymer

Factors, Integration Host Host Factors, Integration Host Factor Protein Integration Host Factor Integration Host Factor beta Subunit Integration Host Factor alpha Subunit