Packaging and Maturation of DNA of Bacteriophage T7 In Vitro

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We have developed an in vitro complementation assay to demonstrate packaging and maturation of DNA of phage T7. Cells of Escherichia coli B infected with an appropriate T7 amber mutant are concentrated 200-fold and lysed by freezing and thawing. Two extracts from cells infected with different amber mutants are mixed and incubated at 30°. Positive complementation results in a 100-fold increase in phage titer.

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