Absence of pyrimidine insertase activity in E. coli extracts, using plasmid DNA containing apyrimidinic sites.

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Plasmid DNA, isolated from mutants of E. coli that are deficient in both uracil-DNA glycosylase and deoxyuridine triphosphatase, contains significant amounts of uracil. This can be removed in vitro by the action of uracil-DNA glycosylase, creating apyrimidinic sites. We have used depyrimidinated plasmid DNA isolated in this way to test the ability of E. coli extracts to preferentially incorporate labeled...

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