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E. coli strains carrying ts dnaA mutations which affect the initiation of DNA synthesis, can support the growth of bacteriophage ϕX174 at restrictive temperature.
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Manheimer, I., Truffaut, N. Growth of bacteriophage ΦX174 in Escherichia coli srains carrying temperature sensitive mutations for DNA initiation. Molec. Gen. Genet. 130, 21–27 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270515
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