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Accumulation of large non-circular forms of the chromosome in recombination-defective mutants of Escherichia coli.
BMC molecular biology - 28 Apr 2003
Handa Naofumi, Kobayashi Ichizo
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BACKGROUND: Double-strand breakage of chromosomal DNA is obviously a serious threat to cells because various activities of the chromosome depend on its integrity. However, recent experiments suggest that such breakage may occur frequently during "normal" growth in various organisms - from bacteria through vertebrates, possibly through arrest of a replication fork at some endogenous DNA damage. RESULTS: In order...
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