Summary
Mu-1 development is blocked by addition of rifampicin in a rif 8 but not in rif r strain. This suggests that Mu does not synthesize any stable protein which can replace the host RNA polymerase.
The fact that Mu development is only partially blocked by streptolydigin is discussed.
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Communicated by W. Arber
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Toussaint, A., Lecocq, JP. Sensitivity of bacteriophage Mu-1 development to rifampicin and streptolydigin. Molec. Gen. Genet. 129, 185–188 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00268631
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