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Control of genetic stability in Escherichia coli: the SbcB 3'-5' exonuclease suppresses illegitimate recombination promoted by the RecE 5'-3' exonuclease.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms - 1 Feb 2000
Yamaguchi H, Hanada K, Asami Y, Kato J I, Ikeda H
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BACKGROUND: The Escherichia coli sbcB gene, which codes for a 3'-5' exonuclease, ExoI, is known to suppress illegitimate recombination. In contrast, the recE gene, which codes for a 5'-3' exonuclease, Exo VIII promotes joining between DNA ends having short stretches of homology. Therefore, it seems likely that the 3'-5' and 5'-3' exonucleases regulate genetic instability that is mediated by illegitimate...
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