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P22 lysates were grown on Salmonella strains carrying P22 prophages deleted to various extents. Transducing bacterial markers at both sides of the prophage insertion site it could be shown that: (i) transduction of markers can be enhanced by the prophage pac site; (ii) the recognition signal pac is in the area of gene 3 on the phage genome and thus close to the cutting site(s); (iii) transposon Tn10 may also act as a signal for packaging initiation; (iv) (at least) Tn10 initiates packaging sequences in both directions.
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Kufer, B., Backhaus, H. & Schmieger, H. The packaging initiation site of phage P22. Molec Gen Genet 187, 510–515 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00332636
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