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Topology of DNA and N Gene Expression in Coliphage Lambda

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In a transformation system designed to assay gene function from the infecting DNA we find that the intact λ molecule is necessary to provide N function, whereas the phage recombination (red) genes can function from half as well as whole λ molecules. Our results may reflect the need of a circular template for efficient N gene transcription in vivo.

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PILARSKI, L., EGAN, J. Topology of DNA and N Gene Expression in Coliphage Lambda. Nature New Biology 237, 102–104 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio237102a0

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