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Fractionation of the Deoxyribonucleic Acid of T2r Bacteriophage

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A NUMBER of investigations indicate that the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of T2 bacteriophage plays a major part during the infection of its bacterial host and in the maintenance of genetic continuity during the multiplication process1. Recent work2 has demonstrated the inhomogeneity of deoxyribonucleic acid from various sources with respect to the content of the purine and pyrimidine bases and the ease of dissociation from complexes with basic proteins. This communication describes results obtained by applying a chromatographic fractionation procedure based on the latter property to the deoxyribonucleic acid of T2r bacteriophage.

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  1. Medical Research Council Biophysics Research Unit, Wheatstone Physics Laboratory, King's College, London, W.C.2

    GEOFFREY L. BROWN & ANGELA V. MARTIN

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BROWN, G., MARTIN, A. Fractionation of the Deoxyribonucleic Acid of T2r Bacteriophage. Nature 176, 971–972 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176971a0

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