Evidence of abortive recombination in ruv mutants of Escherichia coli K12.

doi:10.1007/BF00269858

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Evidence of abortive recombination in ruv mutants of Escherichia coli K12.

Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 1 Feb 1991

Benson F, Collier S, Lloyd R G

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Genetic recombination in Escherichia coli was investigated by measuring the effect of mutations in ruv and rec genes on F-prime transfer and mobilization of nonconjugative plasmids. Mutation of ruv was found to reduce the recovery of F-prime transconjugants in crosses with recB recC sbcA strains...

Topics

Conjugation, Genetic
DNA Repair
DNA, Bacterial
Escherichia coli
F Factor
Mutation
Plasmids
Recombination, Genetic
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

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