Mean doses for damage induced by 3.7-MeV protons in T3 phage were measured for the following effects: inactivation, killing, adsorption, DNA injection, capsid rupture with DNA release, and single- and double-strand DNA breaks. These effects have been related to phase survival in the same experiment because of the variability inherent in such measurements. The experiments were carried out in nutrient broth, phosphate buffer, and phosphate buffer plus histidine as suspension media. The following conclusions can be drawn: (i) DNA double-strand breakage is the dominant cause of inactivation in nutrient broth; (ii) scavengers protect the DNA inside the capsid to only a small degree; (iii) indirect actions affect functions associated with proteins; (iv) DNA release, as measured by capsid rupture, accounts for only a small percentage of the loss of viability; (v) essentially all DNA from adsorbed phage is injected even though a large proportion of the DNA contains double-strand breaks.

Contributions of various types of damage to inactivation of T4 bacteriophage by protons / G., Gialanella; G. F., Grossi; M. F., Macchiato; Napolitano, Maddalena; P. R., Speranza. - In: RADIATION RESEARCH. - ISSN 0033-7587. - STAMPA. - 96:3(1983), pp. 462-475. [10.2307/3576113]

Contributions of various types of damage to inactivation of T4 bacteriophage by protons

NAPOLITANO, Maddalena;
1983

Abstract

Mean doses for damage induced by 3.7-MeV protons in T3 phage were measured for the following effects: inactivation, killing, adsorption, DNA injection, capsid rupture with DNA release, and single- and double-strand DNA breaks. These effects have been related to phase survival in the same experiment because of the variability inherent in such measurements. The experiments were carried out in nutrient broth, phosphate buffer, and phosphate buffer plus histidine as suspension media. The following conclusions can be drawn: (i) DNA double-strand breakage is the dominant cause of inactivation in nutrient broth; (ii) scavengers protect the DNA inside the capsid to only a small degree; (iii) indirect actions affect functions associated with proteins; (iv) DNA release, as measured by capsid rupture, accounts for only a small percentage of the loss of viability; (v) essentially all DNA from adsorbed phage is injected even though a large proportion of the DNA contains double-strand breaks.
1983
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Contributions of various types of damage to inactivation of T4 bacteriophage by protons / G., Gialanella; G. F., Grossi; M. F., Macchiato; Napolitano, Maddalena; P. R., Speranza. - In: RADIATION RESEARCH. - ISSN 0033-7587. - STAMPA. - 96:3(1983), pp. 462-475. [10.2307/3576113]
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