Use of Vi Phage Lysates in Genetic Transfer
- 1 June 1953
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 83 (2), 292-295
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-83-20338
Abstract
Lysates prepd. by the action of specific Vi phage E1 and Salmonella typhosa strain Ty2 possess the ability to transfer (transduce) single hereditary traits to other Vi strains of S. typhosa. Fermentative ability and drug resistance have been transferred to strains without these factors. These expts. have been repeated using Vi phage type K with the same results. The data obtained showed considerable similarity to the findings of Zinder and Lederberg with the advantage that induction of lysogenicity is not a necessary factor in the initial prepn. of active filtrates. The practical and genetic implications of this system and further avenues of analysis have been discussed.Keywords
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