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Transient induction of intergration functions in lambda lysogens

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Transient heat induction of lambda prophage permits the synthesis of integration enzymes which can insert a superinfecting homoimmune phage into the bacterial chromosome. The integration system is stable for 1 h in growing cells.

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  1. Department of Bacteriology, Institute for Microbiology, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

    Amos B. Oppenheim

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Oppenheim, A.B. Transient induction of intergration functions in lambda lysogens. Molec. Gen. Genet. 105, 21–23 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00750311

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