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Colicin 15: Possibly a Defective Bacteriophage

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COLICINS, bactericidal agents elaborated by many strains of the Enterobacteriaceae, have been classified as antibiotics1. Purified preparations of four colicins have been identified as lipocarbohydrate proteins2–5; a fifth apparently lacks the lipid component6. This communication presents evidence that an inducible colicin from Escherichia coli, WT15 (ref. 7), may be a defective bacteriophage.

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  1. Divisions of Experimental Chemotherapy and Cytology, Sloan–Kettering Institute for Cancer Research,

    HOWARD K. SANDOVAL, H. CHRISTINE REILLY & BERNARD TANDLER

  2. Sloan–Kettering Division, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University, New York, 21

    HOWARD K. SANDOVAL, H. CHRISTINE REILLY & BERNARD TANDLER

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SANDOVAL, H., REILLY, H. & TANDLER, B. Colicin 15: Possibly a Defective Bacteriophage. Nature 205, 522–523 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205522a0

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