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. 1978 Dec;28(3):717–724. doi: 10.1128/jvi.28.3.717-724.1978

Replication of RNA bacteriophages in the presence of rifamycin.

V Bauman, P Pumpen, A Dishler, E J Gren
PMCID: PMC525795  PMID: 366177

Abstract

Replication of RNA bacteriophages in the presence of rifamycin was studied in different Escherichia coli strains that vary in RNase content but are not isogenic: AB259 RNase+, Q13 RNase I- PNPase-, AB105 RNase I- RNase III-. It was found that rifamycin did not affect characteristics of phage replication such as the general pattern of viral RNA synthesis and intracellular development of the phage. These characteristics are strain specific and independent of the cell growth rate, which defines only phage release. The inhibition of cell division by rifamycin interfered with the release of the phage and thus produced an apparent effect of rifamycin on phage replication.

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