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  • Title: [Various characteristics of the anti-restriction mechanism in bacteriophage T5].
    Author: Chernov AP, Kaliman AV.
    Journal: Mol Gen Mikrobiol Virusol; 1987 Jan; (1):14-9. PubMed ID: 3031490.
    Abstract:
    Bacteriophage T5 is not confined by the restriction systems of the second type EcoRII and EcoRV. Bacteriophage T5 DNA is not modified by EcoRII and EcoRV methylases in vivo. The sites of recognition for restriction endonuclease EcoRV are mapped at 24.4; 57.6; 68.5; 70.2% of T5 DNA, while the sites at 5.1; 7.6% are recognized by EcoRII, the sites at 5.75; 6.0 and 6.5% are recognized by HpaI in FST. A high activity of restriction endonucleases EcoRI and EcoRV is demonstrated in crude extracts of E. coli B834 (RI) and E. coli B834 (RV) cells infected by bacteriophage T5. The simultaneous infection of E. coli B834 (RI) or E. coli B834 (RV) cells by the amber mutants of bacteriophage T5 and the suppressing phage lambda NM761 does not result in the protection of lambda DNA by the T5 anti-restriction mechanism. The presented data support the hypothesis that the anti-restriction mechanism of bacteriophage T5 is based on prevention of T5 DNA contacts with restriction enzymes by a specific phage protein.
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