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. 1973 Feb;11(2):306–313. doi: 10.1128/jvi.11.2.306-313.1973

Pasteurella pestis Bacteriophage H and Escherichia coli Bacteriophage φII Are Nearly Identical

Ilze Brunovskis 1, Richard W Hyman 1, William C Summers 1
PMCID: PMC355096  PMID: 4569706

Abstract

Electron microscopy examination of φII-H deoxyribonucleic acid heteroduplexes, together with polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic analyses of phage ribonucleic acid species and proteins labeled in φII or H-infected cells, demonstrates that Pasteurella pestis phage H is nearly identical to coliphage φII.

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