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Using Mu/mini-Mu mixed lysates prepared by induction of Salmonella typhimurium and Klebsiella pneumoniae lysogenic for Mucts62 or the Mu-P1 hybrid, MPhl, and mini-Mu, Mu18A-1, we were able to transfer Arg and His genes from Klebsiella and Salmonella into E. coli K12.
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Lefèbvre, N., Toussaint, A. Transfer of Salmonella typhimurium and Klebsiella pneumoniae genes in E. coli K12 by mini-muduction. Molec. Gen. Genet. 181, 268–272 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00268436
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