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. 1971 Jun;106(3):1040–1042. doi: 10.1128/jb.106.3.1040-1042.1971

Non-Essentiality of the recA− Mutation in the Phenomenon of Bacteriophage M13-Induced Elimination of F′ Factors

S R Palchoudhury a,1, V N Iyer a
PMCID: PMC248761  PMID: 4934058

Abstract

The elimination of F′ factors promoted by coliphage M13 infection can occur in recA+ as well as recA− merodiploid strains of Escherichia coli K-12.

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