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. 1994 Jun 1;4(6):555-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00124-x.

Bacterial viruses. Bacterial altruism?

D A Shub  1
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Bacterial viruses. Bacterial altruism?

D A Shub. Curr Biol. .

Abstract

Some strains of Escherichia coli harbor genes that trigger cell death upon infrection by bacteriophage T4; these may provide examples of the evolution of altruistic behavior in bacteria.

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