Alazard R, Bétermier M, Chandler M
Centre de Recherches en Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Toulouse, France.
Mol Microbiol. 1992 Jun;6(12):1707-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1992.tb00895.x.
Using gel retardation and DNase I protection techniques, we have demonstrated that the Escherichia coli integration host factor (IHF) stabilizes the interaction between Mu repressor and its cognate operator-binding sites in vitro. These results are discussed in terms of a model in which IHF may commit the phage to the lytic or lysogenic pathway depending on the occupancy of the operator sites by the repressor.