Filamentous bacteriophages of vibrios are integrated into the dif-like site of the host chromosome.
The dif site is located in the replication terminus region of bacterial chromosomes, having a function of resolving dimeric chromosomes formed during replication. We demonstrate that filamentous bacteriophages of vibrios, such as f237 (Vibrio parahaemolyticus) and CTXphi (V. cholerae), are integrated into the dif-like site of host chromosome.
Iida
Tetsuya
T
Department of Bacterial Infections. Molecular Microbiology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. iida@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp
Makino
Kozo
K
Nasu
Hatsumi
H
Yokoyama
Katsushi
K
Tagomori
Kenichi
K
Hattori
Akiko
A
Okuno
Toshihiro
T
Shinagawa
Hideo
H
Honda
Takeshi
T
D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D016662:Virus Integration