HER 158
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Name
RB69
Morphotype
A2 (Myophage)
Family
Straboviridae
Genus
Mosigvirus
Species
Mosigvirus RB69
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: PT
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: PT
Characteristics
Plaques: 1mm, clear.
Propagation on HER 1037 ?
Relationships with T4 in genes 31, ndd, 43.
Dimensions:
PT: head 106 x 77 nm Tail 109 x 17 nm
UA: head 112 x 80 nm Tail 110 x 20 nm
Propagation on HER 1037 ?
Relationships with T4 in genes 31, ndd, 43.
Dimensions:
PT: head 106 x 77 nm Tail 109 x 17 nm
UA: head 112 x 80 nm Tail 110 x 20 nm
Genomic sequence
Yes
Bacterial hosts
HER
Reference
Yeh L. S., T. Hsu, J. D. Karam. 1998. Divergence of a DNA Replication Gene Cluster in the T4-Related Bacteriophage RB69. J Bacteriol. 180: 2005-2013.
Remarks
Also held in the collection of J. Karam, Eric Miller and Larry Gold.
PT: head 106 x 77 nm Tail 109 x 17 nm
UA: head 112 x 80 nm Tail 110 x 20 nm
Diameter of capsid, 2 nm; collar, 24 x 2 nm; neck, 8 x 7 nm; tail tube, 105 x 7 nm,
noncontracted sheath, 99 x 17 nm; contracted sheath, 35 x 23 nm; base plate, 32 x 3 nm; spikes, 12 x 3nm; fibers, 133 x 2 nm with kink at 68 nm.
Extended tails had 24 striations; the number of tail fibers was 6.
PT: head 106 x 77 nm Tail 109 x 17 nm
UA: head 112 x 80 nm Tail 110 x 20 nm
Diameter of capsid, 2 nm; collar, 24 x 2 nm; neck, 8 x 7 nm; tail tube, 105 x 7 nm,
noncontracted sheath, 99 x 17 nm; contracted sheath, 35 x 23 nm; base plate, 32 x 3 nm; spikes, 12 x 3nm; fibers, 133 x 2 nm with kink at 68 nm.
Extended tails had 24 striations; the number of tail fibers was 6.
History
Isolated by
Date
Rosina O. Berry,
undergraduate student with R. L. Russell,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
undergraduate student with R. L. Russell,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Received from
Date
Dr. Jan Drake,
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),
Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709,
USA.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),
Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709,
USA.
Received from
Date
Dr William B. Wood,
University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO.
Who received it from:
R. L. Russell and R. S. Edgar
University of Colorado,
Boulder, CO.
Who received it from:
R. L. Russell and R. S. Edgar
Received from
Date
Dr Jim Karam,
Tulane University School of Medecine,
1430 Tulane Avenue,
New Orleans, LA, 70112,
USA.
Tulane University School of Medecine,
1430 Tulane Avenue,
New Orleans, LA, 70112,
USA.
Updated at
2024-01-16