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Export of infectious particles by Escherichia coli transfected with the RF DNA of Pf1, a virus of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain K
Author(s) -
Kostrikis L. G.,
Reisberg S. A.,
Simon M. N.,
Wall J. S.,
Day L. A.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
molecular microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 247
eISSN - 1365-2958
pISSN - 0950-382X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1991.tb01973.x
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , pseudomonas aeruginosa , biology , dna , virus , microbiology and biotechnology , strain (injury) , transfection , virology , bacteria , gene , genetics , anatomy
Summary Pf1 is a filamentous, single‐stranded DNA virus that has Pseudomas aeruginosa (strain K) as host. It is the longest of the filamentous bacterial viruses, and the DNA within it has the most extended conformation known. Pfl virus cannot infect Escherichia coli (strain MM294) cells, but when these cells are transfected with the double‐stranded replicative form of Pt1 DNA (RF DNA, 7.35 kb), they export low levels of infectious particles that create plaques on lawns of P. aeruginosa. Several different structural species, at least two of which are infectious, are exported. One of them, called Epf1, has virtually the same structure as Pf1, but the amount of Epf1 exported by E. coli is 10 4 lower than the amount of Pf1 exported by P. aeruginosa. The results imply that host factors affect not only the efficiency of virus assembly and export, but also the actual structures of the species exported.