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SUBMITTER: Grahn AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC94133 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Grahn A M AM Caldentey J J Bamford J K JK Bamford D H DH
Journal of bacteriology 19991101 21
The double-stranded DNA bacteriophage PRD1 uses an IncP plasmid-encoded conjugal transfer complex as a receptor. Plasmid functions in the PRD1 life cycle are restricted to phage adsorption and DNA entry. A single phage structural protein, P2, located at the fivefold capsid vertices, is responsible for PRD1 attachment to its host. The purified recombinant adsorption protein was judged to be monomeric by gel filtration, rate zonal centrifugation, analytical ultracentrifugation, and chemical cross- ...[more]