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Data from physical and genetic mapping studies show that the vegetative genome of the temperate, Group E 1 Salmonella bacteriophage, ε15, is circularly-permuted. Preliminary evidence suggests that the circular permutation of the ε15 genome is non-random.
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McConnell, M., Walker, B., Middleton, P. et al. Restriction endonuclease and genetic mapping studies indicate that the vegetative genome of the temperate, salmonella-specific bacteriophage, Epsilon 15, is circularly-permuted. Archives of Virology 123, 215–221 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317151
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