Open AccessChi activity during transduction-associated recombination.
Author(s) -
Nancy A. Dower,
Franklin W. Stahl
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.78.11.7033
Subject(s) - prophage , transduction (biophysics) , lytic cycle , recombination , escherichia coli , genetics , lambda phage , biology , bacteriophage , lambda , lysogenic cycle , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , gene , biophysics , virus , optics
Chi is a genetic element that stimulates phage lambda recombination by the Escherichia coli recBC pathway during lytic infection [Stahl, F. W. (1979) Annu. Rev. Genet. 13, 7--24]. Herein we show that chi in lambda prophage influences exchange distribution in P1 phage-mediated transduction and in conjugation. This demonstration encourages the view that chi may influence genetic exchange in E. coli in the total absence of lambda.