title: Ribonucleic acid synthesis after adsorption of the bacteriophage lambda on Escherichia coli minicells.
abstract: Lambda bacteriophage adsorbs on the chromosome-less small bodies (minicells) produced by aberrant cell division of Escherichia coli P678-54. The plasmid-less minicells, as well as the minicells harbouring the colicinogenic factor E1, reveal a considerable inhibition of total RNA synthesis after phage adsorption. Both kinds of minicells synthesize RNA hybridizable to lambda DNA, but in the plasmid-harbouring minicells lambda RNA synthesis is much more intensive.
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D003087:Colicins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003090:Coliphages / Q000378:metabolism; D004267:DNA Viruses; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance; D009154:Mutation; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014316:Tritium; D014529:Uridine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003087:Colicins; D004279:DNA, Viral; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014316:Tritium; D014529:Uridine