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Lambda bacteriophage-mediated transduction of ColE1 deoxyribonucleic acid having a lambda bacteriophage-cohesive end site: selection of packageable-length deoxyribonucleic acid.

K Umene·K Shimada·T Tsuzuki·R Mori·Y Takagi
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An in vitro recombinant ColE1-cos lambda deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule, pKY96, has 70% of the length of lambda phage DNA. The process of lambda phage-mediated transduction of pKY96 generated a small amount of transducing phage particles containing ColE1-cos lambda DNA molecules of 80 or 101% of the length of lambda phage DNA, in addition to those containing original pKY96 DNA molecules. The newly isolated larger plasmid DNAs were transduced 100 times more efficiently than pKY96 DNA. Their structures were compared with that of a prototype pKY96 DNA, and the mechanism of the formation of these molecules is discussed.

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Bacteriophage lambdaDNA, BacterialDNA, ViralEscherichia coliMicroscopy, ElectronMolecular WeightPlasmidsTransduction, GeneticJournal Article

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K Umene, K Shimada, T Tsuzuki, R Mori, Y Takagi. 1979. Lambda bacteriophage-mediated transduction of ColE1 deoxyribonucleic acid having a lambda bacteriophage-cohesive end site: selection of packageable-length deoxyribonucleic acid.. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.139.3.738-747.1979

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