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THE infection of the blue-green alga Plectonema boryanum by a virus was first recorded by Safferman and Morris1, and we have described methods of culture for the alga and the virus and also the mode of infection of the cell2,3. The virus has a long “tail” by which it attaches itself to the cell wall3; the DNA is then apparently injected into the cell after the manner of some bacteriophages. This communication deals with what happens after the injection of the DNA, and describes the replication cycle of the virus as far as this can be elucidated by electron microscopy.
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Safferman, R. S., and Morris, M. E., Science, 140, 679 (1963).
Smith, K. M., Brown, jun., R. M., Goldstein, D. A., and Walne, P. L., Virology, 28, 580 (1966).
Smith, K. M., Brown, jun., R. M., Walne, P. L., and Goldstein, D. A., Virology (in the press, 1966).
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BROWN, R., SMITH, K. & WALNE, P. Replication Cycle of the Blue-Green Algal Virus LPP-I. Nature 212, 729–730 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212729a0
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