Genetic control of morphogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa transposable phage D3112
Bidnenko, E.M.; Akhverdian, V.Z.; Khrenova, E.A.; Ianenko, A.S.; Krylov, V.N.
Genetika 25(12): 2126-2137
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-6758 PMID: 2517491 Document Number: 344872
The influence of its mutations in the early and late genes of transposable phage D3112 on phage morphogenesis was studied. The mutations in the early genes A, B, and C were shown to supress morphogenesis of D3112. Six genes (D, E, F, G, H and I), located from 14 to 29 kbp of the phage physical map, control morphogenesis of phage head. Five genes (J, K, L, M and N), clustered in the 29-36 kpb region of the map, control morphogenesis of tail. The similarity of genetic organization of the Escherichia coli transporable phage Mu and the Pseudomonas aeruginosa phage D3112 is discussed.