Restriction and modification in Bacillus subtilis: DNA methylation potential of the related bacteriophages Z, SPR, SP beta, phi 3T, and rho 11 | Zendy

Mario Noyer-Weidner | Zendy; Stefan Jentsch | Zendy; B. Pawlek | Zendy; Ursula Günthert | Zendy; Thomas A. Trautner | Zendy

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Restriction and modification in Bacillus subtilis: DNA methylation potential of the related bacteriophages Z, SPR, SP beta, phi 3T, and rho 11

Author(s) -

Mario Noyer-Weidner,

Stefan Jentsch,

B. Pawlek,

Ursula Günthert,

Thomas A. Trautner

Publication year - 1983

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.46.2.446-453.1983

Subject(s) - biology , bacillus subtilis , methyltransferase , methylation , temperateness , dna , dna methyltransferase , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , dna methylation , mutant , escherichia coli , lysogenic cycle , restriction enzyme , genetics , bacteriophage , bacteria , gene expression

The DNA methylation capacity and some other properties of the related temperate Bacillus subtilis phages Z, SPR, SP beta, phi 3T, and rho 11 are compared. With phage mutants affected in their methylation potential, we show that phage-coded methyltransferase genes are interchangeable among the phages studied. DNA/DNA hybridization experiments indicate that phage methyltransferase genes are structurally related, whereas no such relationship is observed to a bacterial gene, specifying a methyltransferase with the same specificity.

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