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. 1979 Feb 1;169(3):229-35.
doi: 10.1007/BF00382268.

X-ray sensitivity of Escherichia coli lysogenic for bacteriophage P2

D Ghisotti, S Zangrossi, G Sironi

X-ray sensitivity of Escherichia coli lysogenic for bacteriophage P2

D Ghisotti et al. Mol Gen Genet. .

Abstract

Strains of Escherichia coli C or K lysogenic for the non-inducible phage P2 show a lower survival following X-ray irradiation as compared to nonlysogenic strains. This difference in X-ray sensitivity is not accompanied by a significant difference in X-ray induced mutability. The capacity of X-irradiated P2 lysogens to multiply any of a number of unirradiated infecting phages is severely impaired. These effects of X-ray treatment can be most simply explained as a consequence of the fact that protein and RNA syntheses are strongly inhibited in P2 lysogens after X-irradiation. All the above events specifically occurring in X-rayed P2 lysogens are dependent on the P2 gene old.

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