The integrity of deoxyribonucleic acid extracted from Escherichia coli 15T after thymine-less death.

The Biochemical journal ·Vol. 97 ·No. 1 ·1965-10-00 ·Pages 240-6

Smith BJ, Burton K

Abstract

1. The integrity of DNA extracted from Escherichia coli strain 15T(-) after thymine-less death was examined by studying the effects of treatment with aqueous alkali on the solubility in dilute acids and by viscosity and ultracentrifugal measurements, some of which were designed to detect single-strand breaks or inter-strand cross-links. None of the results showed that there was any modification or damage associated with thymine-less death.

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Smith B J

Medical Research Council Cell Metabolism Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.

Burton K

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Article Info

Journal

The Biochemical journal

Abbr.

Biochem J

ISSN

0264-6021

DOI

10.1042/bj0970240

Published

1965-10-00

Pages

240-6

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

2984726R

PMCID

PMC1264567

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