Open AccessSuperinfection with Bacteriophage T4: Inverse Relationship Between Genetic Exclusion and Membrane Association of Deoxyribonucleic Acid of Secondary Bacteriophage
Author(s) -
Catherine J. Sauri,
Charles F. Earhart
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.617
H-Index - 292
eISSN - 1070-6321
pISSN - 0022-538X
DOI - 10.1128/jvi.8.6.856-859.1971
Subject(s) - bacteriophage , biology , dna , superinfection , membrane , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , virus , biochemistry , gene , escherichia coli
The majority of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of superinfecting T4 bacteriophage which is injected and not hydrolyzed does not attach to host cell membrane. Low levels of association of secondary phage DNA with membrane appear to be related to temporal genetic exclusion.
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