title: Filamentous bacterial viruses. IV. Fate of the infecting parental single-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid.
abstract: Some of the infecting fd single-stranded viral deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules were found to be degraded after having initiated infection. The degradation products were reused for synthesis of DNA, primarily bacterial. Degradation was most extensive when viral DNA was replicating.
mesh_terms: D001976:Bromouracil; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D003090:Coliphages / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D004261:DNA Replication; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004996:Ethidium; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000494:pharmacology; D009691:Nucleic Acid Denaturation; D010759:Phosphorus Isotopes; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism; D014316:Tritium; D014461:Ultracentrifugation
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D004279:DNA, Viral; D008937:Mitomycins; D010759:Phosphorus Isotopes; D014316:Tritium; D001976:Bromouracil; D004996:Ethidium; D013936:Thymidine