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Bacterial strains lysogenic for two prophages in tandem undergo a special kind of prophage excision (“dilysogenic excision”) which does not depend on the three known recombination mechanisms. This excision is specifically between genes R and A—the terminal genes of the mature chromosome. This is evidence for the existence of Ter, a function which generates linear λ chromosome from structures in which the termini are linked.
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MOUSSET, S., THOMAS, R. Ter, a Function which generates the Ends of the Mature λ Chromosome. Nature 221, 242–244 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221242a0
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