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J Virol. 1982 June; 42(3): 1123-1126

Escherichia coli mutant which restricts T7 bacteriophage has an altered RNA polymerase.

ABSTRACT

We have previously described an Escherichia coli K-12 mutant, Y49, which restricts the growth of bacteriophage T7 and causes the accumulation of short DNA molecules and head-related particles during infection. We now show that the basis for these effects is the inability of the T7 gene 2 product to inactivate the Y49 RNA polymerase during infection, similar to what has been shown by DeWyngaert and Hinkle (J. Biol. Chem. 254:11247--11253, 1979) for the BR3 and tsnB strains of E. coli.