ADSORPTION OF BACTERIOPHAGE PHIX174 TO ITS HOST
ADSORPTION OF BACTERIOPHAGE PHIX174 TO ITS HOST
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DOI:
10.1016/s0006-3495(62)86866-0
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发表时间:
1962-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
KAESBERG, P
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作者:
FUJIMURA, R;KAESBERG, P
The adsorption of purified [phi]X174 to E. coli C and to E. coli C cell walls was investigated. Adsorption was measured by assaying for unadsorbed plaque formers. The amount of irreversible and reversible adsorption depends upon pH and divalent ion concentration. Maximum irreversible adsorption occurs in 0.1 [image] CaCl2 at 36CC. There is no detectable reversible adsorption at conditions of pH and CaCl2 concentration optimum for irreversible adsorption. Under these optimum conditions, diffusion is not the rate-limiting factor, and the encounter efficiency appears to be low. The rate constant is 1.0 X 10- 10 ml/sec. Phages adsorbed irreversibly to live cells cause infection and to the isolated cell walls apparently cause release of DNA. There is a specific [phi]X174 receptor site on the mucocomplex portion of the cell wall.