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. 2000 Apr;182(7):1964–1968. doi: 10.1128/jb.182.7.1964-1968.2000

TABLE 2.

DNA strand breaks per genome generated by treatment with 5 mM H2O2 for 20 min and repair kinetics in different E. coli strains

Recovery time (min) No. of strand breaks in strain with indicated genotype
Wild type xthA nfo xthA nfo
0 45 257 63 317
10 6 104 10 274
30 0 47 8 193
60 0 33 1 154