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Site lit
- Name: lit
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1139 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: late-induced, T4
- Left End Point: 25.82
- Right End Point: 25.84
- Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment e14 within e14 - Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
lit-106 lit-728(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank M19634 EcoGene.org EG10535 EcoliWiki lit - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Failure to support growth of mutant phage T4.
- References:
- Cooley, W., K. Sirotkin, R. Green, L. Snyder 1979. A new gene of Escherichia coli K-12 whose product participates in T4 bacteriophage late gene expression: interaction of lit with the T4-induced polynucleotide 5'-kinase 3'-phosphatase. J.Bacteriol. 14
- Kao, C., E. Gumbs, L. Snyder 1987. Cloning and characterization of the Escherichia coli lit gene, which blocks bacteriophage T4 late gene expression. J.Bacteriol. 169:1232-1238
- Kao, C., L. Snyder 1988. The lit gene product which blocks bacteriophage T4 late gene expression is a membrane protein encoded by a cryptic DNA element, e14. J.Bacteriol. 170:2056-2062
- Linder, C.H., K. Carlson, F. Albertioni, J. Soderstrom, C. Pahlson 1994. A late exclusion of bacteriophage T4 can be suppressed by Escherichia coli GroEL or Rho. Genetics 137:613-625