Phage lambda Cro protein and cI repressor use two different patterns of specific protein-DNA interactions to achieve sequence specificity in vivo.

How the λ repressor and cro work

1980 • 452 citations

DNA-Binding Proteins

1983 • 308 citations

The molecular basis of DNA–protein recognition inferred from the structure of cro repressor

1982 • 303 citations

A perfectly symmetric lac operator binds the lac repressor very tightly.

1983 • 256 citations

[76] Bacteriophage λ repressor and cro protein: Interactions with operator DNA

1980 • 154 citations

Bacteriophage lambda cro mutations: effects on activity and intracellular degradation.

1986 • 145 citations

Mechanism of action of the cro protein of bacteriophage lambda.

1978 • 145 citations

A phage repressor–operator complex at 7 Å resolution

1985 • 140 citations

Kinetic studies on Cro repressor-operator DNA interaction

1987 • 139 citations

Lambda repressor mutations that increase the affinity and specificity of operator binding

1985 • 136 citations

Cro regulatory protein specified by bacteriophage lambda. Structure, DNA-binding, and repression of RNA synthesis.

1977 • 111 citations

Amino acid sequence of Cro regulatory protein of bacteriophage lambda

1977 • 104 citations

Comparison of the structures of Cro and λ repressor proteins from bacteriophage λ

1983 • 91 citations

How λ repressor and λ Cro distinguish between OR1 and OR3

1986 • 90 citations

DNA specificity determinants of Escherichia coli tryptophan repressor binding.

1987 • 87 citations

Sequence of cro gene of bacteriophage lambda

1977 • 84 citations

GENERAL SELECTION FOR SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING ACTIVITIES

1986 • 61 citations

Phase variation in Salmonella: analysis of Hin recombinase and hix recombination site interaction in vivo.

1988 • 51 citations

DNA sequence determinants of lambda repressor binding in vivo.

1988 • 34 citations

Deoxyribonucleic Acid Adenine and Cytosine Methylation in Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella typhi

1979 • 29 citations

Mutations that improve the binding of yeast FLP recombinase to its substrate.

1988 • 21 citations