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Stationary phase deletions in Escherichia coli. I--Evidence for a new deletion pathway.
Mutation research - 8 Aug 2001
Balbinder E
Abstract excerpt
Deletions in the plasmid pMC874 join the promoter of the km(r) (kanamycin resistance) gene coding for the enzyme aminoglycoside 3'-phosphotransferase to a promoterless lac operon downstream giving a phenotypic change from Lac(-)-->Lac(+). They differ from most deletions studied in Escherichia coli, which occur in actively dividing cells, in several important respects, as follows. (1) They occur in "resting" cells...
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