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The effect of the virL, virR or virC mutation (which is related to the virulency of lambda phage) on the gene expression has been studied. The results indicate that the virL is a mutation of operator gene controlling the left-hand operon and virR or virC is that controlling the right-hand operon.
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Eshima, N., Fujii, S., Murotsu, T. et al. Lambda phage mutants insensitive to temperature-sensitive repressor. Molec. gen. Genet. 116, 84–87 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00334262
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