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Integration Host Factors

Medical Definition: 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.
Guide Notes: see SCR for organism-specific terms
Also Called: Integration Host Factor alpha Subunit,Integration Host Factor beta Subunit
Previously Indexed: Bacterial Proteins (1981-2002),Carrier Proteins (1981-2002)
Integration Host Factors Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Host Factor 1 Protein - An integration host factor that was orginally identified as a bacterial protein required for the integration of bacteriophage Q beta (ALLOLEVIVIRUS). Its cellular function may be to regulate mRNA stability and processing in that it binds tightly to poly(A) RNA and interferes with ribosome binding.

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