ArticleMolecular genetics and genomics : MGG2003
Stationary phase-like properties of the bacteriophage lambda Rex exclusion phenotype.
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- A snapshot of the λ T4rII exclusion (Rex) phenotype in Escherichia coli.Current genetics · 2021Review
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- Revenge of the phages: defeating bacterial defences.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2013Review
- Altruism can evolve when relatedness is low: evidence from bacteria committing suicide upon phage infection.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2013Article
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- Microarray analysis of RpoS-mediated gene expression in Escherichia coli K-12.Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG · 2004Article
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Abstract
The rex genes of bacteriophage lambda were found to protect lysogenic Escherichia coliK host cells against killing by phage T4 rII, when compared in parallel to isogenic Rex(-) lysogens and nonlysogens. This protective effect was abrogated upon mutation of the host stationary-phase sigma factor RpoS. Rex(+) lysogens infected by T4 rII contracted, formed aggregates and shed flagella, thus resembling cells entering stationary phase. These phenotypes were accentuated in nonlysogenic cells carrying multicopy plasmids expressing rexA-rexB: cells were about two-fold contracted in length, expressed membrane-bound and detached flagella, were insensitive to infection by a variety of phages and clumped extensively; in addition, cultures of these cells were odorous. Our observations support the hypothesis that the Rex system can cause a stationary-phase-like response that protects the host against infection by T4 rII.
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