Transcription: Role in the Initiation and Replication of DNA Synthesis in Escherichia Coli and ΦX174

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Article

Publication Date

10-28-1971

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1. 1. The role of transcription in the initiation of DNA synthesis and elongation of the DNA chain in Escherichia coli and the bacteriophage ΦX174 has been studied. 2. 2. Concomitant transcription does not appear to be required for semiconservative DNA replication in bacteria, or for conversion of single-stranded ΦX174 DNA to the double-stranded replicative form. 3. 3. The data substantiate the requirement in bacteria for messenger RNA(s) coding for protein(s) involved in the initiation of a round of DNA replication.

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