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A model relating the replication and expression of colicin factor E2-P9

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

K. G. Hardy
Affiliation:
Guinness-Lister Research Unit, Lister Institute, Chelsea Bridge Road, London, SW1W 8RH
G. G. Meynell
Affiliation:
Guinness-Lister Research Unit, Lister Institute, Chelsea Bridge Road, London, SW1W 8RH
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The observed dependence of lacuna counts on the growth phase of colicinogenic cultures suggests a relationship between the probability of colicin synthesis, and the number of colicin factors, per cell.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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