The temperate bacteriophage Mu transduces the 4363 bp multi-copy plasmid pBR322 at frequencies similar to those of chromosomal markers. Plasmid transducing particles contain DNA molecules of Mu DNA length. Plasmid DNA is transduced as a head-to-tail oligomer that becomes circularized in the recipien
Preferential generalized transduction by bacteriophage Mu
โ Scribed by E. G. Bade; M. M. Howe; L. Rawluk
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 547 KB
- Volume
- 160
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1617-4615
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