Lysogenic induction of lambdoid phages i
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Sedgwick, Steven G. ;Yarranton, Geoffrey T. ;Heath, Roy W.
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Article
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1981
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Springer
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English
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UV irradiation of lexA3 mutants of E. coli caused lysogenic induction of prophage lambda, lambda i21, lambda i434 and phi 80. Maximal induction in lexA3 lysogens needed less UV than in lexA+ bacteria and gave 25-100% of the normal levels of infective centres induced. Assays of gene expression arisin