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Defective ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase impairs replication fork progression in Escherichia coli.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 2007
Guarino Estrella, Jiménez-Sánchez Alfonso, Guzmán Elena C
Abstract excerpt
The observed lengthening of the C period in the presence of a defective ribonucleoside diphosphate reductase has been assumed to be due solely to the low deoxyribonucleotide supply in the nrdA101 mutant strain. We show here that the nrdA101 mutation induces DNA double-strand breaks at the permissive temperature in a recB-deficient background, suggesting an increase in the number of stalled replication forks that...
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