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Mismatch repair is diminished during stationary-phase mutation.
Mutation research - 1 Jul 1999
Harris R S, Feng G, Ross K J, Sidhu R, Thulin C, Longerich S, Szigety S K, Hastings P J, Winkler M E, Rosenberg S M
Abstract excerpt
This paper is an invited Response to a recent Commentary [P.L. Foster, Rev. Mut. Res. 436 (1999) 179-184] entitled "Are adaptive mutations due to a decline in mismatch repair? The evidence is lacking". The Commentary argues that no evidence exists supporting the idea that mismatch repair is limiting specifically during stationary-phase mutation. A primary concern of the author is to question the method that we...
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