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. 1978 Sep;27(3):587–594. doi: 10.1128/jvi.27.3.587-594.1978

Early events in the replication of Mu prophage DNA.

B T Waggoner, M L Pato
PMCID: PMC525846  PMID: 359829

Abstract

To determine whether the early replication of Mu prophage DNA proceeds beyond the termini of the prophage into hose DNA, the amounts of both Mu DNA and the prophage-adjacent host DNA sequences were measured using a DNA-DNA annealing assay after induction of the Mu vegetative cycle. Whereas Mu-specific DNA synthesis began 6 to 8 min after induction, no amplification of the adjacent DNA sequences was observed. These data suggest that early Mu-induced DNA synthesis is constrained within the boundaries of the Mu prophage. Since prophage Mu DNA does not undergo a prophage lambda-like excision from its original site after induction (E. Ljungquist and A. I. Bukhari, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 74:3143--3147, 1977), we propose the existence of a control mechanism which excludes prophage-adjacent sequences from the initial mu prophage replication. The frequencies of the Mu prophage-adjacent DNA sequences, relative to other Escherichia coli genes, were not observed to change after the onset of Mu-specific DNA replication. This suggests that these regions remain associated with the host chromosome and continue to be replicated by the chromosomal replication fork. Therefore, we conclude that both the Mu prophage and adjacent host sequences are maintained in the host chromosome, rather than on an extrachromosomal form containing Mu and host DNA.

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