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. 1978 Dec;5(12):4495–4503. doi: 10.1093/nar/5.12.4495

Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage fd DNA.

E Beck, R Sommer, E A Auerswald, C Kurz, B Zink, G Osterburg, H Schaller, K Sugimoto, H Sugisaki, T Okamoto, M Takanami
PMCID: PMC342768  PMID: 745987

Abstract

The sequence of the 6,408 nucleotides of bacteriophage fd DNA has been determined. This allows to deduce the exact organisation of the filamentous phage genome and provides easy access to DNA segments of known structure and function.

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