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The deletion of rnhB in Mycobacterium smegmatis does not affect the level of RNase HII substrates or influence genome stability.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Minias Alina E, Brzostek Anna M, Minias Piotr, Dziadek Jaroslaw
Abstract excerpt
RNase HII removes RNA from RNA/DNA hybrids, such as single ribonucleotides and RNA primers generated during DNA synthesis. Both, RNase HII substrates and RNase HII deficiency have been associated with genome instability in several organisms, and genome instability is a major force leading to the acquisition of drug resistance in bacteria. Understanding the mechanisms that underlie this phenomenon is one of the...
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