Specific effects of a recB mutation on the HfrH strain of Escherichia coli.

doi:10.1128/JB.181.4.1334-1337.1999

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Specific effects of a recB mutation on the HfrH strain of Escherichia coli.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Feb 1999

Dermić D, Trgovcević Z

Abstract excerpt

The recB268::Tn10 mutation was introduced into the HfrH strain of Escherichia coli. Compared with recB F- and recB F+ cells, the viability of this mutant strain was much lower. Compared with wild-type HfrH, the recB derivative donated much shorter fragments of its chromosome to the recipient. It...

Topics

Conjugation, Genetic
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Proteins
Exodeoxyribonuclease V
Exodeoxyribonucleases
F Factor
Mutation

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