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. 1985 Sep;163(3):1290–1292. doi: 10.1128/jb.163.3.1290-1292.1985

Plasmid-dependent inhibition of growth of bacteriophage T4 ndd mutants.

D P Snustad, A C Casey, R E Herman
PMCID: PMC219278  PMID: 3897193

Abstract

Mutants of bacteriophage T4 that fail to induce nuclear disruption (ndd mutants) are unable to grow in the wild-type Escherichia coli strain CT447. This inhibition of the growth of ndd mutants occurs only in the presence of a large (ca. 80-megadalton) plasmid resident in CT447 cells.

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