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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Bacterial Proteins > Integration Host Factors
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > DNA-Binding Proteins > Integration Host Factors
Biological Factors > Host-Derived Cellular Factors > Integration Host Factors

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Integration Host Factors  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Host Factor Protein
  • Integration Host Factor

Note

  • do not confuse with HOST-DERIVED CELLULAR FACTORS

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2003; use INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS (NM) 1981-2002

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D034982

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