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... called T4 bacteriophage , are seen infecting the bacterium Escherichia coli in this colorized SEM . By injecting its DNA into the cell , the virus sets in motion a genetic takeover of the bacterium . Molecular biology was born in the ...
... called T4 bacteriophage , are seen infecting the bacterium Escherichia coli in this colorized SEM . By injecting its DNA into the cell , the virus sets in motion a genetic takeover of the bacterium . Molecular biology was born in the ...
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... called a DNA virus or an RNA virus , according to the kind of nucleic acid that makes up its genome . In either case , the genome is usually organized as a single linear or circular molecule of nucleic acid . The smallest viruses have ...
... called a DNA virus or an RNA virus , according to the kind of nucleic acid that makes up its genome . In either case , the genome is usually organized as a single linear or circular molecule of nucleic acid . The smallest viruses have ...
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... called temperate phages . A temperate phage called lambda , written with the Greek letter 2 , is widely used in biological research . Phage λ resembles T4 , but its tail has only one short tail fiber . Infection of an E. coli cell by ...
... called temperate phages . A temperate phage called lambda , written with the Greek letter 2 , is widely used in biological research . Phage λ resembles T4 , but its tail has only one short tail fiber . Infection of an E. coli cell by ...
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