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CANTIFANTO1,2 reported the isolation of an antiviral agent (phagicin), active against vaccinia and herpes simplex viruses, from cultures of Escherichia coli infected with λ bacteriophage. Its production is associated with the phage infection and does not take place in uninfected cells.
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MEEK, E., TAKAHASHI, M. Differential Inhibition by Phagicin of DNA Synthesis in Cells infected with Vaccinia. Nature 220, 822 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220822a0
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