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Control of Gene Transcription in T-even Bacteriophages: Alterations in RNA Polymerase accompanying Phage Infection

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The RNA polymerase in E. coli cells infected with T4 phage is not identical with that in uninfected E. coli. A T4 phage protein is probably required to modify the host polymerase.

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CROUCH, R., HALL, B. & HAGER, G. Control of Gene Transcription in T-even Bacteriophages: Alterations in RNA Polymerase accompanying Phage Infection. Nature 223, 476–479 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223476a0

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