Bacteriophage phi29 early protein p17 is conditionally required for the first rounds of viral DNA replication.

doi:10.1016/s0378-1119(98)00167-x

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Bacteriophage phi29 early protein p17 is conditionally required for the first rounds of viral DNA replication.

Gene - 26 Nov 1998

Crucitti P, Lázaro J M, Benes V, Salas M

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The gene 17 of the Bacillus subtilis phage phi29 is known to be involved in the viral DNA replication in vivo. In this paper, we show that the presence of protein p17 is required when phage infection occurs at a low multiplicity of infection (moi), which is probably the natural condition for infe...

Topics

Bacillus Phages
Bacillus subtilis
Cloning, Molecular
DNA Replication
Escherichia coli
Mutation
Viral Proteins
Virus Replication

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