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Protection of irradiated lambda phage by methylated proflavine

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The lethal action of U.V. on λ bacteriophage is diminished by pretreatment with methylated proflavine.

The effective distance over which each dye molecule inhibits dimer formation is calculated to be 5 to 7.5 base pairs.

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  1. Laboratoire de Biophysique et Radiobiologie, Département de Biologie Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, Belgium

    A. Jaffe-Brachet

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Jaffe-Brachet, A. Protection of irradiated lambda phage by methylated proflavine. Molec. Gen. Genet. 110, 374–377 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00438280

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