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Published August 28, 1967 | public
Journal Article

Infectivity of Single-stranded Rings of Bacteriophage Lambda DNA

Abstract

Upon injection of bacteriophage lambda DNA into either a sensitive or immune bacterium some of the DNA becomes circular (Young & Sinsheimer, 1964; Bode & Kaiser, 1965; Ogawa & Tomizawa, 1967). Two forms of circular lambda DNA are known to exist: I, a twisted circular DNA in which both strands are covalently closed, and II, an open circular DNA in which one or more single-strand breaks are present. A third component, III, identical to linear phage DNA, is also present in the infected bacterium.

Additional Information

© 1967 Elsevier Ltd. Received 11 April 1967. This research was supported in part by U.S. Public Health Service research grant GM 13554. One of us (J. A. K., Jr.) was supported by a National Aeronautics and Space Administration training grant.

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