Mutation rate is reduced by increased dosage of mutL gene in Escherichia coli K-12.

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A variable but substantial proportion of wild Escherichia coli isolates present consistently lower mutation frequencies than that found in the ensemble of strains. The genetic mechanisms responsible for the hypo-mutation phenotype are much less known than those involved in hyper-mutation. Changes in E. coli mutation frequencies derived from the gene-copy effect of mutS, mutL, mutH, uvrD, mutT, mutY, mutM, mutA,...

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