Skip to main content
Journal of Virology logoLink to Journal of Virology
. 1978 Jan;25(1):433–435. doi: 10.1128/jvi.25.1.433-435.1978

Escherichia coli mutant temperature sensitive for group I RNA bacteriophages.

R Schoulaker, H Engelberg-Kulka
PMCID: PMC353943  PMID: 340711

Abstract

The temperature-sensitive conjugational transfer-deficient mutant Escherichia coli JCFL39, carrying a traD(Ts) mutation, is herein described as also being temperature sensitive for group I RNA phages (MS2, f2, and R17) but not for Q beta. Temperature shift experiments showed that the growth of group I phage MS2 in the mutant could be inhibited by a post-penetration event at high temperature. A possible role for the traD cistron of sex factor F in the intracellular development of MS2 is suggested.

Full text

PDF
433

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Achtman M. Genetics of the F sex factor in enterobacteriaceae. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 1973;60:79–123. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-65502-9_3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Achtman M., Willetts N., Clark A. J. Beginning a genetic analysis of conjugational transfer determined by the F factor in Escherichia coli by isolation and characterization of transfer-deficient mutants. J Bacteriol. 1971 May;106(2):529–538. doi: 10.1128/jb.106.2.529-538.1971. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Achtman M., Willetts N., Clark A. J. Conjugational complementation analysis of transfer-deficient mutants of Flac in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 1972 Jun;110(3):831–842. doi: 10.1128/jb.110.3.831-842.1972. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. BRINTON C. C., Jr, GEMSKI P., Jr, CARNAHAN J. A NEW TYPE OF BACTERIAL PILUS GENETICALLY CONTROLLED BY THE FERTILITY FACTOR OF E. COLI K 12 AND ITS ROLE IN CHROMOSOME TRANSFER. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1964 Sep;52:776–783. doi: 10.1073/pnas.52.3.776. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Caro L. G., Schnös M. The attachment of the male-specific bacteriophage F1 to sensitive strains of Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1966 Jul;56(1):126–132. doi: 10.1073/pnas.56.1.126. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Engelberg H., Brudo I., Israeli-Reches M. Discriminative effect of rifampin of RNA replication of various RNA bacteriophages. J Virol. 1975 Aug;16(2):340–347. doi: 10.1128/jvi.16.2.340-347.1975. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Engelberg H., Soudry E. Inhibition of ribonucleic acid bacteriophage release from its host by rifampin. J Virol. 1971 Jun;7(6):847–848. doi: 10.1128/jvi.7.6.847-848.1971. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Fedoroff N. V., Zinder N. D. Factor requirement of the bacteriophage f2 replicase. Nat New Biol. 1973 Jan 24;241(108):105–108. doi: 10.1038/newbio241105a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Helmuth R., Achtman M. Operon structure of DNA transfer cistrons on the F sex factor. Nature. 1975 Oct 23;257(5528):652–656. doi: 10.1038/257652a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Miyake T., Haruna I., Shiba T., Ito Y. H., Yamane K. Grouping of RNA phages based on the template specificity of their RNA replicases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 Sep;68(9):2022–2024. doi: 10.1073/pnas.68.9.2022. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. VALENTINE R. C., STRAND M. COMPLEXES OF F-PILI AND RNA BACTERIOPHAGE. Science. 1965 Apr 23;148(3669):511–513. doi: 10.1126/science.148.3669.511. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Weissmann C., Billeter M. A., Goodman H. M., Hindley J., Weber H. Structure and function of phage RNA. Annu Rev Biochem. 1973;42:303–328. doi: 10.1146/annurev.bi.42.070173.001511. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Journal of Virology are provided here courtesy of American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

RESOURCES