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Isotope studies on viruses and bacteriophages

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Radioactive Isotopes in Physiology Diagnostics and Therapy / Künstliche Radioaktive Isotope in Physiologie Diagnostik und Therapie

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In early isotope studies Cohen (1948b) found that phage particles receive phosphorus assimilated by the bacteria both before and after infection, and Putnam and Kozloff (1950) showed that part of the P32 from labeled parental phage particles is conserved during virus multiplication and transferred to viral progeny.

This review was written while the author was at the Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, New York

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Koch, G. (1961). Isotope studies on viruses and bacteriophages. In: Schwiegk, H., Turba, F. (eds) Radioactive Isotopes in Physiology Diagnostics and Therapy / Künstliche Radioaktive Isotope in Physiologie Diagnostik und Therapie. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49762-9_26

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