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Temperature-dependent hypermutational phenotype in recA mutants of Thermus thermophilus HB27.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 2003
Castán Pablo, Casares Lorena, Barbé Jordi, Berenguer José
Abstract excerpt
The recA gene from Thermus thermophilus HB27 was cloned and engineered to obtain insertion (recA::kat) and deletion (deltarecA) derivatives. Transcription of recA in this extreme thermophile was induced by mitomycin C, leading to the synthesis of a monocistronic mRNA. This DNA damage-mediated induction was dependent on the integrity of recA. In addition to UV sensitivity, the recA mutants of T. thermophilus...
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