title: The possible involvement of protein synthesis in the injection of PL-1 phage genome into its host, Lactobacillus casei.
abstract: The process of genome DNA injection, after adsorption, by phage PL-1 into host cells of Lactobacillus casei was monitored by using the electron microscope. Injection of DNA was inhibited by the protein-synthesis inhibitors chloramphenicol and erythromycin at concentrations where the colony-forming ability of cells not infected by phage was unaffected. The results suggest that protein synthesis may be involved in some way in the process of genome injection.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shirabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kakita
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016679:Genome, Viral; D007780:Lacticaseibacillus casei / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins