Thymine Starvation and Single-Strand Breaks in Chromosomal Deoxyribonucleic acid of Escherichia coli.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 104 ·No. 3 ·1970-12-00 ·Pages 1391-2

Walker JR

Abstract

Single-strand breaks, as measured by the McGrath and Williams procedure, occur in chromosomal deoxyribonucleic acid of Escherichia coli cells during thymine starvation.

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Walker J R

Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712.

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of bacteriology

Abbr.

J Bacteriol

ISSN

0021-9193

DOI

10.1128/jb.104.3.1391-1392.1970

Published

1970-12-00

Pages

1391-2

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

2985120R

PMCID

PMC248303

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