Biochemical and genetic analysis of lambdaW, the newly isolated lambdoid phage.

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Biochemical and genetic analysis of lambdaW, the newly isolated lambdoid phage.

Acta biochimica Polonica - 1 Jan 1998

Wróbel B, Srutkowska S, Wegrzyn G

Abstract excerpt

Otherwise isogenic Escherichia coli CP78 (relA+) and CP79 (relA-) strains are commonly used in studies on the stringent control, the bacterial response to amino acid starvation. We found that these strains are lysogenic for a phage which is spontaneously induced with a low frequency, producing vi...

Topics

Bacteriophage lambda
Escherichia coli
Genotype
Lysogeny
Microscopy, Electron
Species Specificity
Virion

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