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Mu-l promoted integration of a λ-Gal phage in the chromosome of E. coli

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Phage Mu-1 is able to promote integration in the chromosome of an E. coli rec A, of the transducing phage λN-r 14 gal 8 which is neither able to replicate nor to integrate by itself. The exact origin of the integrative function is unknown yet, but it is under the control of Mu-1-immunity since Mu-promoted integration of λN-r 14 gal 8 does not occur in a rec A bacterium which is already lysogenic for Mu-1.

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  1. M. Faelen

    Present address: Boursier de l'IRSIA, Bruxelles, Belgium

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  1. Laboratoire de Génétique, Université libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences, Rhode St. Genèse, Belgium

    M. Faelen, A. Toussaint & M. Couturier

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Communicated by P. Starlinger

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Faelen, M., Toussaint, A. & Couturier, M. Mu-l promoted integration of a λ-Gal phage in the chromosome of E. coli . Molec. Gen. Genet. 113, 367–370 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00272338

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