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Sensitivity of an Acinetobacter baylyi mpl mutant to DNA damage.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Feb 2008
Chakravorty Adityarup, Klovstad Martha, Peterson Greg, Lindeman Robin E, Gregg-Jolly Leslie A
Abstract excerpt
A mutant derived from Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 was isolated from a screen for genes involved in the response to DNA damage. This derivative has an insertion in the mpl gene which encodes a peptidoglycan-recycling protein. We demonstrate that the insertion renders cells sensitive to mitomycin C and to UV.
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