PMID:6218883

Citation	Olson, ER, Flamm, EL and Friedman, DI (1982) Analysis of nutR: a region of phage lambda required for antitermination of transcription. Cell 31:61-70
Abstract	The N gene product of coliphage lambda acts with host factors (Nus) through sites (nut) to render subsequent downstream transcription resistant to a variety of termination signals. These sites, nutR and nutL, are downstream, respectively, from the early promoters PR and PL. Thus a complicated set of molecular interactions are likely to occur at the nut sites. We have selected mutations in the nutR region that reduce the effectiveness of pN in altering transcription initiating at the PR promoter. DNA sequence analysis of three independently selected mutations revealed, in each case, a deletion of a single base pair in the cro gene. Consideration of the effect of such mutations on the extension of translation of cro message into the adjacent downstream nut region led to the identification of a consensus sequence CGCTCT(T)TAA that appears to play a role in the recognition of a host factor, possibly the NusA protein.
Links	PubMed
Keywords	Bacteriophage lambda/genetics; Bacteriophage lambda/growth & development; Base Sequence; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/growth & development; Genes, Viral; Kinetics; Lysogeny; Mutation; Rho Factor/metabolism; Transcription, Genetic
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