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A new host gene (groPC) necessary for lambda DNA replication

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The isolation of a bacterial mutation in a gene, designated groPC, which affects the growth of phages lambda and P2 is described. Lambda replication is severely limited in the strain, and some lambda π mutations, which map in (or near) the P gene, allow growth. The gro mutation, groPC259, is recessive to wild type and maps between threonine (thr) and diaminopimelate (dapB) on the E. coli chromosome. The possibility that the groPC gene is concerned with host DNA replication is discussed.

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Sunshine, M., Feiss, M., Stuart, J. et al. A new host gene (groPC) necessary for lambda DNA replication. Molec. Gen. Genet. 151, 27–34 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00446909

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