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Phage genes involved in the formation of generalized transducing particles in Salmonella-phage P22

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Phage P22-mutants with increased or decreased ability to produce transducing particles (HT-1 and NT-mutants) were submitted to mapping experiments. The gene responsible for HT-phenotype was found to be allelic to gene 3 of the P22 linkage map. For the NT-phenotype different genes were identified: gene 1 (or a new gene extremely close to it), gene 5, gene 8 and a new gene between genes 3 and 19.

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  1. Institut für Genetik der Universität München, Müchen, Germany

    A. Sudharsan Raj, A. Yesoda Raj & Horst Schmieger

  2. Institut für Biologie der GSF, Abt. Genetik, D-8042, Neuherberg b. München, Federal Republic of Germany

    A. Sudharsan Raj

  3. Dept. of Agricultural Botany, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, Rajendranagar-Hyderabad, India

    A. Yesoda Raj

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Raj, A.S., Raj, A.Y. & Schmieger, H. Phage genes involved in the formation of generalized transducing particles in Salmonella-phage P22. Molec. Gen. Genet. 135, 175–184 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00264784

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