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Effect of Antiserum to E. coli DNA Polymerase on Synthesis of ΦXI74 DNA in Extracts of ΦX-Infected Cells

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In vitro synthesis of ΦX DNA in extracts of ΦX-infected cells is at least in part the same as the normal in vivo process. It seems that a bacterial enzyme plays a part in the synthesis of single stranded DNA (both in vivo and in extracts), but that this enzyme is not simply the enzyme isolated by Kornberg from E. coli.

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DENHARDT, D. Effect of Antiserum to E. coli DNA Polymerase on Synthesis of ΦXI74 DNA in Extracts of ΦX-Infected Cells. Nature 220, 131–134 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220131a0

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