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Formation of an F' plasmid by recombination between imperfectly repeated chromosomal Rep sequences: a closer look at an old friend (F'(128) pro lac).
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jan 2003
Kofoid Eric, Bergthorsson Ulfar, Slechta E Susan, Roth John R
Abstract excerpt
Plasmid F'(128) was formed by an exchange between chromosomal Rep sequences that placed lac near dinB between many pairs of Rep sequences. Plasmid F'(128) is critical for selection-enhanced lac reversion (adaptive mutation), which requires prior lac amplification. The structure of F'(128) supports the idea that amplification is initiated by Rep-Rep recombination and that general mutagenesis requires...
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