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. 1971 Jan;68(1):112–115. doi: 10.1073/pnas.68.1.112

DNA of Vegetative Bacteriophage Lambda, VI Electron Microscopic Studies of Replicating Lambda DNA*

John A Kiger Jr 1,†, Robert L Sinsheimer 1
PMCID: PMC391173  PMID: 5276280

Abstract

Electron micrographs of replicating lambda DNA molecules, during the period of progeny-particle DNA formation, show single-tailed circular structures. The tails are, predominantly, shorter than one viral genome.

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