Phage T7
Template:Stub Bacteriophage T7 is a virulent phage with an icosahedral head, a short noncontractile tail, and a dsDNA genome of 39937 bp.
Phage structure
Genome structure
Between 387400 and 40000 bases in a single, linear molecule of dsDNA
Gene 1: specifies RNA polymerase; Genes 2-6: affect kinetics of DNA synthesis; Genes 7-17: specify proteins found within partially and fully assembled particles; Genes 18-19: involved in the maturation of the DNA
Life Cycle
Host recognition
Lipopolysaccharides on the external cell wall of the host cell provide recognition for the Phage
DNA entry
A protrusion of the Phage (sometimes called a Tail) lengthens and attaches the Phage to the Host cell, and proceeds to send the virus' dsDNA through the channel. After the first 850 to 1000 base pairs, the insertion is paused until an injection promoter allows it to continue.
Early gene expression
DNA replication
Late transcription
Packaging
Lysis
See also
- Links to T7 gene pages in EcoliWiki
- Studier [1] wrote an overview of t7 biology in genetics in 1972.
- Krüger DH and Schroeder C (1981)[2]
References
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- ↑ Studier, FW (1972) Bacteriophage T7. Science 176 367-76 PubMed
- ↑ Krüger, DH & Schroeder, C (1981) Bacteriophage T3 and bacteriophage T7 virus-host cell interactions. Microbiol. Rev. 45 9-51 PubMed
- ↑ Serwer, P et al. (2008) Evidence for bacteriophage T7 tail extension during DNA injection. BMC Res Notes 1 36 PubMed