Bacteriophage T7 defective in the gene 6 exonuclease promotes site-specific cleavages of T7 DNA in vivo and in vitro.

AUTOR(ES)

Lee, D D

RESUMO

Site-specific cleavages of intracellular DNA were demonstrated in bacteriophage T7 6am-infected cells. The sites of the cleavages were located at 46.8 and 68.7% (1% of the T7 DNA length = 400 base pairs) from the left end of the T7 genome. These cleavages required the products of genes 3 (endonuclease), 4 (DNA primase), and 5 (DNA polymerase). However, the product of gene 6 (exonuclease) must be absent. Site-specific cleavage was also shown to occur in vitro in extracts of T7 6am-infected cells, although at a different site: 82.8% from the left end of the T7 genome.

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