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Mutations in the E. coli Rep helicase increase the amount of DNA per cell.
FEMS microbiology letters - 12 Sept 2003
Trun Nancy
Abstract excerpt
The mbrA4 mutation confers camphor resistance, severe growth defects and up to a two-fold increase in the amount of chromosomal DNA per cell. The extra DNA is replicated from oriC in a synchronous fashion. Cells containing mbrA4 are more resistant to X-rays, indicating that the extra DNA represents complete or nearly complete chromosomes. I report here that mbrA4 is an unusual allele of the leading strand DNA...
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