Role of Escherichia coli Hfq in late-gene silencing of bacteriophage T4 dmd mutant.

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When the dmd gene of bacteriophage T4 is mutated, many T4 late genes are post-transcriptionally silenced because of rapid mRNA degradation. Here we show that the host hfq gene is involved in the rapid mRNA degradation in a dmd mutant. A disruption of the hfq gene caused weak but significant effects on the stability of late-gene mRNA, the late-gene expression and the growth of a dmd mutant. By probing with the soc...

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