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Pseudovirulent mutants of λb221poriCasnA resulting from mutations in or near oriC, the E. coli origin of DNA replication

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Summary

Mutants of the specialized transducing phage λb221poriCansA have been isolated which form plaques on lambda lysogens. Genetic and physical evidence is presented to show that the mutations responsible for the pseudovirulent phenotype map in or near oriC, the origin of chromosomal replication in Escherichia coli.

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    Larry Soll

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Soll, L. Pseudovirulent mutants of λb221poriCasnA resulting from mutations in or near oriC, the E. coli origin of DNA replication. Molec. Gen. Genet. 178, 391–396 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270489

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