final step in the phage infection cycle: the Rz and Rz1 lysis proteins link the inner and outer membranes

Bacteriophage λ has four adjacent genes -S, R, Rz and Rz1- dedicated to host cell lysis. While S, encoding the holin and antiholin, and R, encoding the endolysin, have been intensively studied, the products of Rz and Rz1 have not been characterized at either the structural or functional levels. Rz1...

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