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Mutagenic DNA Repair in Bacteria: The Role of UmuDC and MucAB

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Mechanisms of DNA Damage and Repair

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Bacterial systems offer several advantages for studying mutagenic processes. The ease with which mutagenesis can be assayed has been harnessed in the well-established Ames test of mutagenicity. Likewise, the powerful genetics available for analysis of the gene product involved in mutagenesis have made Escherichia coli the best understood organism with respect to mutagenic processes.

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  1. Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Lorraine Marsh & Graham C. Walker

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  1. National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA

    Michael G. Simic

  2. Chemistry Department, American University, Washington, D.C., USA

    Michael G. Simic

  3. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Lawrence Grossman

  4. New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

    Arthur C. Upton

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Marsh, L., Walker, G.C. (1986). Mutagenic DNA Repair in Bacteria: The Role of UmuDC and MucAB. In: Simic, M.G., Grossman, L., Upton, A.C., Bergtold, D.S. (eds) Mechanisms of DNA Damage and Repair. Basic Life Sciences, vol 189. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9462-8_28

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