E. coli membranes become permeable to ions following T7-virus-infection

✍ Scribed by Ponta, Helmut ;Altendorf, Karl-Heinz ;Schweiger, Manfred ;Hirsch-Kaufmann, Monica ;Pfennig-Yeh, Mei-Li ;Herrlich, Peter

• Book ID: 104726494
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 481 KB
• Volume: 149
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0026-8925
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00332882

✦ Synopsis

Infection of E. coli with the viruses T7 or T3 leads to a dramatic efflux of potassium ions. This ion efflux is caused by the virus particle since no concomitant protein synthesis is required. T7 mutants carrying deletions in the M-gene (Schweiger et al., 1975), however, yield virus particles disturbed in the ion release.