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JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY
Volume 92, Issue -, Pages 997-1003Publisher
SOC GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.027326-0
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- Ministry of Science and Higher Education [2P04A 056 29]
- European Union [POIG.01.01.02-00-008/08]
- Foundation for Polish Science
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Bacteriophage T4 is able to adjust its development to the growth parameters of the host cell. Here, we present evidence for the production of two different sub populations of phage particles, which differ in their ability to infect starved Escherichia coli cells. The ability of phage T4 to produce a fraction of virions unable to infect starved cells is linked to the functions of genes rI and rIII, as well as rIIA. This may represent the adaptation of phage T4 in order to persist in unfavourable environmental conditions.
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