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Analysis of the role of recA in phenotypic switching of Pseudomonas tolaasii.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Nov 2000
Sinha H, Pain A, Johnstone K
Abstract excerpt
Switching between the pathogenic smooth (1116S) and nonpathogenic rough (1116R) forms of Pseudomonas tolaasii occurs due to the reversible duplication of a 661-bp element within the pheN locus. Disruption of the chromosomal recA locus of 1116S and 1116R produced strains 1116SrecA and 1116RrecA, respectively, which showed typical loss of UV resistance. Switching from the smooth to the rough form was virtually...
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