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Effect of an Escherichia coli traD (ts) mutation on MS2 RNA replication
Abstract:
We have continued our studies on the effect of high temperature (42 degrees C) on the development of RNA bacteriophage MS2 in the temperature-sensitive conjugational transfer-deficient mutant Escherichia coli JCFL39 carrying a traD (ts) mutation. At 42 degrees C, mutant cells permit the penetration and translation of phage MS2 RNA but do not permit MS2 RNA replication. We suggest a role for the traD (ts) mutation in MS2 RNA replication.
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