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Bacteriophage φX174 is a small icosahedral virus, of particle weight 6.2 × 106 daltons, which grows on certain strains of Escherichia coli. The genetic material is a single-stranded, circular DNA of molecular weight 1.7 × 106 daltons (about 5500 nucleotides). During its replication, the single-stranded viral DNA (SS DNA) is converted to a double-stranded “replicative form” DNA (RF DNA) from which the progeny single strands are produced.
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Sinsheimer, R.L. (1974). Bacteriophage φX174. In: King, R.C. (eds) Bacteria, Bacteriophages, and Fungi. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1710-2_20
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