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. 1974 Nov;1(11):1497–1502. doi: 10.1093/nar/1.11.1497

Rifampicin-resistant bacteriophage PBS2 infection and RNA polymerase in Bacillus subtilis

Alan R Price 1, Ronald Hitzeman 1, Joan Frato 1, Ken Lombardi 1
PMCID: PMC343426  PMID: 10793705

Abstract

Bacteriophage PBS2 replication is unaffected by rifampicin and other rifamycin derivatives, which are potent inhibitors of Bacillus subtilis RNA synthesis. Extracts of gently-lysed infected cells contain a DNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity which is specific for uracil-containing PBS2 DNA. The PBS2-induced RNA polymerase is insensitive to rifamycin derivatives which inhibit the host's RNA polymerase.

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