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. 1988 Apr;170(4):1994–1998. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.4.1994-1998.1988

Expression and DNA sequence of the cloned bacteriophage T4 dCMP hydroxymethylase gene.

C Thylén 1
PMCID: PMC211069  PMID: 2832395

Abstract

A plasmid expressing the cloned bacteriophage T4 gene 42 gave the same levels of complementation of gene 42 mutants in a polarity-suppressing rho mutant as in a rho+ host. A reading frame likely corresponding to gene 42 and putative promoter and terminator sequences were identified in the partial sequence of the cloned fragment.

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