title: DNA binding and bending to initiate packaging of phage lambda DNA.
abstract: Physical and genetic studies verify that the DNA binding domain of protein gpNu1 (which initiates packaging of phage lambda DNA) is a winged helix-turn-helix (w HTH) and that gpNu1 dimers bind sites that are brought close through DNA bending.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D010582:Bacteriophage lambda / Q000235:genetics*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D019077:Helix-Turn-Helix Motifs; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; C050856:lambda phage protein Nu 1