Analysis of the host ranges of transposon bacteriophages Mu, MuhP1, and D108 by use of lipopolysaccharide mutants of Salmonella typhimurium LT2.
The lipopolysaccharide receptors for the mutator bacteriophages Mu, MuhP1, and D108 were investigated with lipopolysaccharide mutants of Salmonella typhimurium LT2. Mu adsorbed only to mutants lacking the terminal O antigen but retaining the main chain sugars of the core; the side chain N-acetylglucosamine was not required. MuhP1 and D108 adsorbed partially to cells with the same receptors but adsorbed well only to cells with shorter lipopolysaccharides of the Rc and Rd1 chemotypes.
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Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
Sanderson
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Casadaban
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D000117:Acetylglucosamine / Q000378:metabolism; D000327:Adsorption; D010583:Bacteriophage mu / Q000378:metabolism; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D012483:Salmonella Phages / Q000378:metabolism*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000378:metabolism*
D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D000117:Acetylglucosamine