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. 1979 Jun;30(3):933–935. doi: 10.1128/jvi.30.3.933-935.1979

Polarized Injection of the Bacteriophage T5 Chromosome

Alan R Shaw 1, John Davison 1
PMCID: PMC353406  PMID: 480474

Abstract

Examination of the first-step-transfer DNA of T5ris mutants which carry new EcoRI sites showed that the left end of the chromosome is injected first.

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