title: Cloning, sequencing, expression and promoter analysis of a structural protein of bacteriophage MB78.
abstract: Bacteriophage MB78, a virulent phage of Salmonella typhimurium isolated in our laboratory. It is different from the well-known temperate phage P22 and 9NA. A detailed physical map has been constructed. To understand more about the physiology and genetics of this interesting phage it has become necessary to fragment the phage genome, clone the fragments and analyze in depth. A number of promoters of bacteriophage MB78 have been cloned and characterized recently. As a part of this program, in this investigation, we report cloning, sequencing and expression and promoter analysis of the ClaI G fragment. We identified the expressed protein as phage structural. Phage structural proteins play a vital role in forming the core head of the phage particle.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology Unit, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kolla
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chakravorty
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012483:Salmonella Phages / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins