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The rcbA gene product reduces spontaneous and induced chromosome breaks in Escherichia coli.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 2012
Felczak Magdalena M, Kaguni Jon M
Abstract excerpt
Elevated levels of DnaA cause excessive initiation, which leads to an increased level of double-strand breaks that are proposed to arise when newly formed replication forks collide from behind with stalled or collapsed forks. These double-strand breaks are toxic in mutants that are unable to repair them. Using a multicopy suppressor assay to identify genes that suppress this toxicity, we isolated a plasmid...
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