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Practical methods are described for studying the adsorption rate of bacteriophages to cells and the interaction between these viruses and their surface receptors.
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Kropinski, A.M. (2009). Measurement of the Rate of Attachment of Bacteriophage to Cells. In: Clokie, M.R., Kropinski, A.M. (eds) Bacteriophages. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 501. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-164-6_15
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