Regulation of Bacteriophage λ Replication

  • Karol Taylor
  • Grzegorz Węgrzyn
Conference paper
Part of the NATO ASI Series book series (volume 103)

Abstract

Bacteriophage λ is both a model for basic biological studies on the molecular level and a commonly used tool in molecular cloning. In this review we summarise the control of bacteriophage λ development, placing particular attention to the mechanisms involved in the “lysis or lysogeny” decision and the regulation of replication of phage λ DNA, as well as of plasmids derived from this phage.

Keywords

Bacteriophage λ control of virus development regulation of gene expression regulation of DNA replication molecular cloning 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Karol Taylor
    • 1
  • Grzegorz Węgrzyn
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Molecular BiologyUniversity of GdańskGdańskPoland

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