HEAT-SENSITIVE LAMBDA REPRESSORS RETAIN PARTIAL ACTIVITY DURING BACTERIOPHAGE INDUCTION
HEAT-SENSITIVE LAMBDA REPRESSORS RETAIN PARTIAL ACTIVITY DURING BACTERIOPHAGE INDUCTION
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DOI:
10.1128/jvi.32.1.162-166.1979
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
LIEB, M
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作者:
LIEB, M
At 43.degree. C, .lambda.cITs prophages are induced and enter the lytic cycle [Escherichia coli]. Lac- lysogens containing heat-inducible .lambda.N- prophages were superinfected with a .lambda.trp/lac N+cI- phage containing a lacZ+ gene whose expression is controlled by the .lambda.cI product (repressor). Lysogens were then heated and the synthesis of .beta.-galactosidase and release of progeny phage were measured. In .lambda.N-cITs2 or .lambda.N-cITs16 lysogens superinfected with .lambda.trp/lac N+, .beta.-galactosidase appeared earlier and was synthesized more rapidly than in superinfected lysogens containing .lambda.N-cIts857 prophage. Even at 45.degree. C, the cI857 repressor retained some activity. Lysogens containing other N-cIts mutant prophages producing renaturable repressors were also only partially derepressed at 43.degree. C. Partial derepression of .lambda. early transciption is sufficient for induction of .lambda.N+ prophages.