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. 1993 Apr;175(8):2357–2362. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.8.2357-2362.1993

Bacillus subtilis mutants defective in bacteriophage phi 29 head assembly.

B S Rajagopal 1, B E Reilly 1, D L Anderson 1
PMCID: PMC204524  PMID: 8096839

Abstract

Virus assembly mutants of asporogenous Bacillus subtilis defective in bacteriophage phi 29 head assembly were detected by the use of antibodies that reacted strongly with the free dodecameric phi 29 portal vertex composed of gene product 10 (gp10) but weakly with the portal vertex assembled into proheads or phage. Phage adsorption and the synthesis of phage proteins, DNA-gene product 3, and prohead RNA were normal in these mutants, but prohead and phage production was greatly reduced. The assembly defect was transferred to competent B. subtilis by transformation and transduction. PBS1 transduction showed that the vam locus was linked to Tn917 located at 317 degrees on the B. subtilis chromosome.

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