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Evidence for the Bidirectional Replication of the Escherichia coli Chromosome

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Experiments with transducing phage indicate that the circular chromosome of Escherichia coli is replicated in both directions from a fixed origin.

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MASTERS, M., BRODA, P. Evidence for the Bidirectional Replication of the Escherichia coli Chromosome. Nature New Biology 232, 137–140 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio232137a0

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