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SUBMITTER: Dearborn AD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3175317 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dearborn Altaira D AD Spilman Michael S MS Damle Priyadarshan K PK Chang Jenny R JR Monroe Eric B EB Saad Jamil S JS Christie Gail E GE Dokland Terje T
Journal of molecular biology 20110729 4
Staphylococcus aureus pathogenicity island 1 (SaPI1) is a mobile genetic element that carries genes for several superantigen toxins. SaPI1 is normally stably integrated into the host genome but can become mobilized by "helper" bacteriophage 80α, leading to the packaging of SaPI1 genomes into phage-like transducing particles that are composed of structural proteins supplied by the helper phage but having smaller capsids. We show that the SaPI1-encoded protein gp6 is necessary for efficient format ...[more]