This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing theresources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject andinvestigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source,and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed isfor the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator.Bacteriophages are bacterial viruses that infect bacterial cells, and they have developed ingenious mechanisms to modify the bacterial RNA polymerase. Using a rapid, specific, single-step immunoisolation procedure to purify Escherichia coli RNA polymerase from bacteriophage T4-infected cells, we have identified bacteriophage T4-dependent modifications of the host RNA polymerase. We suggest that this methodology is applicable for the identification of bacteriophage-dependent alterations of the host synthesis machinery.
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