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. 1968 Dec;2(12):1400–1407. doi: 10.1128/jvi.2.12.1400-1407.1968

Effect of Infection with Ribonucleic Acid Bacteriophage R23 on the Inducible Synthesis of β-Galactosidase in Escherichia coli

Hiroko Watanabe 1, Mamoru Watanabe 1
PMCID: PMC375485  PMID: 4910818

Abstract

Infection by ribonucleic acid (RNA) bacteriophage R23 inhibited the synthesis of β-galactosidase in Escherichia coli. The inhibition, although not complete, was apparent shortly after infection and was maximal after the first 20 min of infection. R23 diminished the β-galactosidase-synthesizing capacity when inducer was added after phage infection, but not when infection followed inducer removal. These findings suggested that the primary effect of R23 on enzyme-forming capacity was limitation of synthesis of enzyme-specific messenger RNA. Studies with ultraviolet irradiated phage and amber mutants of R23 indicated that the inhibitory process could be separated into two phases. Early inhibition did not require the expression of the viral genome, whereas late inhibition required the expression of the viral RNA synthetase cistron.

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