Invertible DNA determines host specificity of bacteriophage mu.
The function of the invertible G region of bacteriophage Mu is apparently to confer different host specificities on Mu. Two products of genes S and U, situated in the G region are not needed for the infectivity of Mu G(-) particles. In the Mu G(-) phage the S gene product and the 21-K polypeptide, presumably the product of gene U, are missing. Instead, two other polypeptides with different molecular weights are observed.
D010583:Bacteriophage mu / Q000235:genetics*; D007446:Chromosome Inversion; D002954:Citrobacter / Q000235:genetics; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005814:Genes, Viral; D008242:Lysogeny; D008970:Molecular Weight; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014779:Virus Replication
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes