Growth of a capsid mutant of bacteriophage phi X174 in a temperature-sensitive strain of Escherichia coli.

  • 1 February 1975
    • journal article
    • Vol. 15  (2) , 281-7
Abstract
A capsid mutant of phiX174 is capable of forming replicative form and synthesizing single strands at the restrictive temperature in a dnaB mutant of Escherichia coli. Under similar conditions, the wild-type bacteriophage is incapable of either step in viral synthesis.