Cell lysis by induction of cloned lambda lysis genes
- 1 July 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular Genetics and Genomics
- Vol. 182 (2), 326-331
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00269678
Abstract
The lysis gene region of bacteriophage lambda, including genes S, R, and Rz, was cloned into the plasmid pBH20. In the recombinant plasmid, the lysis genes are expressed under the control of the lacOP region. Induction of this “lysis operon” with the lac inducer, IPTG, under conditions where transcription from the lacOP region is not subject to catabolite repression, results in a sharply defined lysis after 35 min. Premature lysis can be accomplished by cyanide, chloramphenicol, or chloroform, exactly as in bacteriophage lambda infected cells. The lysis gene region of an S − mutant was also cloned into pBH20. Induction of the S −lysis operon has no apparent effect on culture growth; however, large quantities of bacteriolytic activity accumulate intracellularly. Neither cyanide nor chloramphenicol causes lysis in the induced S − clones. Thus premature lysis appears to be entirely an S-dependent phenomenon. A model for the control of lysis in bacteriophage lambda infections is presented in which it is the accumulation of the S gene product in competition with a host “anti-S” protein that determines lysis timing.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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