Bacteriophage Lambda

Name:
Bacteriophage Lambda
Detailed information:
A virus which infects E. coli, and which is often used in molecular genetics experiments as a vector, or cloning vehicle. Recombinant phages can be made in which certain non-essential DNA is removed and replaced with the DNA of interest. The phage can accommodate a DNA “insert” of about 15-20 kb. Replication of that virus will thus replicate the investigator's DNA.