Construction of P39 deletion mutants by gene replacement. (A) Schematic restriction map of plasmid p396 and pD391 inserts. Black hatched box, P39 gene open reading frame; white hatched box, P39 gene probe. X, XbaI, B, BamHI; Bs, BsmI; H, HindIII; Bg, BglII; E, EcoRI. Arrows represent the direction of translation. (B) Southern hybridization of HindIII-digested parent and mutant genomic DNA with P39 gene or kan probes. Lanes 1, Rev.1; lanes 2, Rev.1ΔP39; lanes 3, S19; lanes 4, S19ΔP39; lanes MW, biotinylated lambda/HindIII and φX174/HaeIII digests.