title: Micrococcal nuclease treatment of bacteriophage heads alters the right-hand cohesive end of lambda deoxyribonucleic Acid.
abstract: Isolated bacteriophage lambda heads were exposed to micrococcal nuclease prior to addition of the phage tail. The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was extracted from the heads and sheared to half-molecules whose cohesive ends were annealed to normal lambda DNA half-molecules. Melting curves of each of the cohered halves indicated that only the right-hand termini are altered by nuclease treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Gillin
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Bode