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recA + gene-dependent regulation of a urvD::lacZ fusion in Escherichia coli K12

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The expression of the Escherichia coli uvrD gene was studied with a uvrD::Mud(Apr lac) insertion mutant. The results indicate that it is inducible by DNA damaging agents in a recA + gene-dependent manner.

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Abbreviations

Ap:

ampicillin

Km:

kanamycin

Sp:

spectinomycin

r :

resistant

s :

sensitive

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  1. Department of Microbiology, School of Dentistry, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, 812, Fukuoka, Japan

    Koji Nakayama, Nobuto Irino & Hiroaki Nakayama

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Nakayama, K., Irino, N. & Nakayama, H. recA + gene-dependent regulation of a urvD::lacZ fusion in Escherichia coli K12. Mol Gen Genet 192, 391–394 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00392180

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