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Mechanisms of recombination and function of DNA in bacteria. Progress report, August 16, 1979 to August 15, 1980

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5059928· OSTI ID:5059928
Major effort in this period has gone to (1) analysis of the process of plasmid transformation in pneumococcus, (2) continued study of resistance determinants inserted in the chromosomes of clinical strains of pneumococcus and their transfer by conjugation, a novel phenomenon, discovered last year, and (3) temperate phages of pneumococcus.
Research Organization:
Duke Univ., Durham, NC (USA). Dept. of Biochemistry
DOE Contract Number:
AS05-76EV03941
OSTI ID:
5059928
Report Number(s):
DOE/EV/03941-52
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English