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T4 dC-DNA was digested with the restriction endonucleases BglII, SalI and XhoI. Overlaps in the three sets of fragments allowed the mapping of all restriction sites relative to each other along the T4 genome.
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Rüger, W., Neumann, M., Rohr, U. et al. The complete maps of BglII, SalI and XhoI restriction sites on T4 dC-DNA. Molec. gen. Genet. 176, 417–425 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333106
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