bacteriophage lambda

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Bacteriophage lambda is a temperate virus that infects Escherichia coli and serves as a classic model system for studying gene regulation, lysogeny, and molecular genetics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Siphoviridae
double-stranded DNA virus
temperate bacteriophage
virus
belongsToFamily Siphoviridae NERFINISHED
belongsToOrder Caudovirales NERFINISHED
cosSiteLength 12 nucleotides
decisionProcess lysis-lysogeny switch
discoveredBy Esther Lederberg NERFINISHED
discoveryYear 1950
encodes CI repressor
CII protein NERFINISHED
CIII protein
Cro protein NERFINISHED
Gam protein NERFINISHED
Int integrase
N antiterminator protein
Q antiterminator protein
Red recombination proteins
Xis excisionase
head and tail structural proteins
genomeSize approximately 48.5 kilobase pairs
genomeType linear double-stranded DNA
hasCohesiveEnds cos sites
hasGCContent approximately 50 percent
hasLifeCycle lysogenic cycle
lytic cycle
hasMorphology icosahedral head with long noncontractile tail
hasOperator OL operator region
OR operator region
hasPackagingLimit approximately 52 kilobase pairs
hasRegulatoryRegion PL promoter
PR promoter
PRM promoter
host Escherichia coli K-12 NERFINISHED
inducedBy DNA damage
inductionMechanism SOS response mediated CI cleavage
infects Escherichia coli NERFINISHED
integratesInto E. coli chromosome
integrationSite attB site in E. coli
between gal and bio operons in E. coli
isTemperate true
keyRegulator CI repressor
Cro protein NERFINISHED
keyRegulator CII protein NERFINISHED
N protein
Q protein NERFINISHED
prophageForm integrated into host chromosome
repressorMaintains prophage state
requiresForIntegration host IHF protein
requiresForReplication host DNA replication machinery
tailType long noncontractile tail
taxonRank species
usedAs cloning vector
phage display vector
usedAsModelFor developmental decision-making in phages
gene regulation
lysogeny
molecular genetics
site-specific recombination
transcriptional regulation

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Gunther Stent researchSubject bacteriophage lambda