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In bacteriophage P1 an amber mutation in a new gene, bof, has been isolated. The bof-1 phage mutant exhibits a pleiotropic phenotype; bof product is non-essential, and acts as a positive modulator. In P1 bac-1 mutants, in which a dnaB analog product, ban, is expressed constitutively, the bof product activates ban expression both in the prophage state and in lytic growth: P1 bof bac prophages have a reduced ban activity and in lytic growth P1 bof bac phages show a lower ban activity than P1 wild type. This effect on ban activity is observed specifically in P1 bac-1 mutants; it is not mediated by the cl repressor of the lytic functions (repressor of the ban operon) since this effect occurs even if the phage carries a heat sensitive c1 repressor. Thus we concluded that the bac mutation put the ban operon under an abnormal, unknown control, modulated by the bof product. P1 bof lysogens show an increased immunity to superinfecting P1 phage and are affected in their inducibility properties; in the presence of the altered c1-100 repressor, bof product is required for maintenance of lysogeny, as shown by the induction of P1 c1-100 bof-1 lysogens at 30°. P1 bof superinfecting phage can be established together with a resident P1 bof prophage in a recA host, unlike P1 wild type which cannot form double lysogens. P1 bof double lysogens are unstable and segregate one or the other prophage. P1 Cm bof and P1 Km bof lysogens show higher levels of antibiotic resistance than the corresponding bof + lysogens. The bof gene has been mapped, in an interval defined by P1 prophage deletion end points, far from both ban and c1. All bof phenotypes are reversed by single mutations.
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Touati-Schwartz, D. A new pleiotropic bacteriophage P1 mutation, bof, affecting c1 repression activity, the expression of plasmid incompatibility and the expression of certain constitutive prophage genes. Molec. Gen. Genet. 174, 189–202 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00268355
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