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. 1978 Dec;28(3):736–742. doi: 10.1128/jvi.28.3.736-742.1978

Effect of spermidine on bacteriophage P22 infection.

B Dasgupta, M Chakravorty
PMCID: PMC525797  PMID: 366179

Abstract

The effect of spermidine on phage P22 infection of Salmonella typhimurium has been found to depend on the time of addition of spermidine with respect to the time of addition of the phage and also on the composition of the growth medium. If spermidine was added prior to or within a short time after infection, the cells survived. Under this condition the invading DNA appeared to remain trapped in the cell membrane, and there was no expression of the phage genome. If spermidine was added after the initiation of the infective process, the replication of the phage was inhibited but the cells did not survive. If spermidine was added after DNA synthesis was over, there was no effect of spermidine on phage multiplication. Spermidine was found to affect phage DNA synthesis but not host DNA synthesis.

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