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Two loci avirC and avirT were identified on the genome of temperate Rhizobium meliloti phage 16-3. Virulence (immunity insensitivity) required mutations of both loci. Locus avirC mapped at the boundary of the C (repressor) cistron and the silent chromosomal arm, locus avirT mapped at the other side of C cistron close to the nearest early mutation ts5124. One virulent mutant had an increased recombination ability.
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Dallmann, G., Olasz, F. & Orosz, L. Virulent mutants of temperate Rhizobium meliloti phage 16-3: Loci avirC and avirT, and increased recombination. Molec. Gen. Genet. 178, 443–446 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270497
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