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. 1974 Apr;13(4):898–907. doi: 10.1128/jvi.13.4.898-907.1974

Genetic Recombination in Bacteriophage φX174

Robert M Benbow a,1, Anthony J Zuccarelli a, Gloria C Davis a, Robert L Sinsheimer a
PMCID: PMC355388  PMID: 4595301

Abstract

Genetic recombination in bacteriophage φX174 usually takes place early in the infection process and involves two parental replicative form (double-stranded) DNA molecules. The host recA protein is required; none of the nine known φX174 cistron products is essential. The products of a single recombination event are nonreciprocal and asymmetric. Typically, only one of the parental genotypes and one recombinant genotype are recovered from a single cell. An alternative, less efficient recombination mechanism which requires an active φX174 cistron A protein is observed in the absence of the host recA gene product.

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