Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Article
  • Published:

Mutation in the Structural Gene for Diphtheria Toxin carried by Temperate Phage β

Nature New Biology volume 233, pages 8–11 (1971)Cite this article

Abstract

Corynebacterium diphtheriae strains lyso-genic for phage β are able to produce diphtheria toxin. This article describes evidence suggesting that the toxin structural gene is part of the phage genome.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Freeman, V. J., J. Bact., 61, 675 (1951).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Groman, N. B., J. Bact., 66, 184 (1953).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Barksdale, W. L., and Pappenheimer, jun., A. M., J. Bact., 67, 220 (1954).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Pappenheimer, jun., A. M., Symp. Soc. Gen. Microbiol., 5, 40 (1955).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Holmes, R. K., and Barksdale, L., J. Virol., 3, 586 (1969).

    CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  6. Gill, D. M., and Dinius, L. L., J. Biol. Chem., 246, 1485 (1971).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Collier, R. J., and Kandel, J., J. Biol. Chem., 246, 1496 (1971).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Collier, R. J., J. Mol. Biol., 25, 83 (1967).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Honjo, T., Nishizuka, Y., Hayaishi, O., and Kato, I., J. Biol. Chem., 243, 3553 (1968).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Gill, D. M., Pappenheimer, jun., A. M., Brown, R., and Kurnick, J. T., J. Exp. Med., 129, 1 (1969).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Collier, R. J., and Cole, H. A., Science, 164, 1179 (1969).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Gill, D. M., and Pappenheimer, jun., A. M., J. Biol. Chem., 246, 1492 (1971).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Drazin, R., Kandel, J., and Collier, R. J., J. Biol. Chem., 246, 1504 (1971).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. Parsons, E., Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med., 90, 91 (1955).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. Groman, N. B., Virology, 2, 843 (1956).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. Adelberg, E. A., Mandel, M., and Ching Chan, G. C., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 18, 788 (1965).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. Baseman, J. B., Pappenheimer, jun., A. M., Gill, D. M., and Harper, A. A., J. Exp. Med., 132, 1138 (1970).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Platt, T., Miller, J. H., and Weber, K., Nature, 22, 1154 (1970).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  19. Champe, S. P., and Benzer, S., Proc. US Nat. Acad. Sci., 48, 532 (1962).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Gorini, L., and Kataja, E., Proc. US Nat. Acad. Sci., 51, 487 (1964).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Holmes, R. K., and Barksdale, L., J. Virology, 5, 783 (1970).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  22. Gill, D. M., Fed. Proc., 30, 1261 Abs. (1971).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138

    TSUYOSHI UCHIDA, D. MICHAEL GILL & A. M. PAPPENHEIMER jun.

Authors
  1. TSUYOSHI UCHIDA
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. D. MICHAEL GILL
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. A. M. PAPPENHEIMER jun.
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

UCHIDA, T., GILL, D. & PAPPENHEIMER, A. Mutation in the Structural Gene for Diphtheria Toxin carried by Temperate Phage β. Nature New Biology 233, 8–11 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio233008a0

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio233008a0

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing