in vitro packaging of cosmid

[Dr. Koen De Smet]

We have purified cosmid DNA that we would like to introduce into E.coli.
What would be the best way of doing this? Is it possible to do in vitro
packaging on this circular DNA and then infect the bugs?

Koen De Smet

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        Dr Koen A.L. De Smet
        Research Fellow
        Department of Medical Microbiology
        Imperial College Medical School at St Mary's
        Norfolk Place
        London W2 1PG
        Great Britain
                                     
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