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Abstract
The effect of the pKM101 plasmid on UV mutagenesis and survival was examined in DNA-repair-deficient strains of E. coli carrying the uvrD, uvrE and recL mutations. Although enhancement of UV mutagenesis by pKM101 was found in all 3 strains, UV protection was only observed in the uvrD strain. We conclude that the plasmid not only requires lexA+ recA+ functions of the cell, but also those of uvrE+ recL+ for its UV-protective effect.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID: 390378 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(79)90040-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mutat Res ISSN: 0027-5107 Impact factor: 2.433