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λ infected minicells synthesize a polypeptide (M r=20,500) which is incorporated almost exclusively into the outer membrane of the minicell envelope. The gene (lom=lambda outer membrane) encoding this polypeptide has been mapped in the nonessential region of the λ genome between coordinates 39.4% and 40.7% of λ.
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Reeve, J.N., Shaw, J.E. Lambda encodes an outer membrane protein: The lom gene. Molec. Gen. Genet. 172, 243–248 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271723
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