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. 1973 Jun;11(6):1024–1026. doi: 10.1128/jvi.11.6.1024-1026.1973

Order of Injection of T7 Bacteriophage DNA

Chia-Chu Pao 1, Joseph F Speyer 1
PMCID: PMC355214  PMID: 4576515

Abstract

The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) corresponding to the left-hand end of the genetic map is injected first in T7 phage infection. The order was deduced by use of marker rescue experiments to see which genes are still injected after the double-stranded DNA chain is broken by X rays. The treatment causes a selective loss of genes located on the right side of the map. Presumably, this corresponds to the tail end of normally injected DNA, and X rays cut off this end.

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