PROGRESS TOWARD A METABOLIC INTERPRETATION OF GENETIC RECOMBINATION OF <i>ESCHERICHIA COLI</i> AND BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA
GeneticsPublished 1 September 1974Open access
Alvin J. Clark
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A metabolic interpretation of genetic recombination will require knowledge of the structures of the starting materials and end products of recom-bination and a list of the enzymes or proteins catalyzing the steps in recombination together with their activities and substrate specificities and ultimately the intermediates and products of each step.
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is a metabolically active cellular component of bacteria.Transcrip-DNA tion and replication can proceed continuously throughout the growth
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