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. 1989 Oct;171(10):5753–5755. doi: 10.1128/jb.171.10.5753-5755.1989

A plasmid carrying mucA and mucB genes from pKM101 in Haemophilus influenzae and Escherichia coli.

D Spikes 1, J K Setlow 1
PMCID: PMC210427  PMID: 2676992

Abstract

The plasmid pMucAMucB, constructed from the Haemophilus influenzae vector pDM2, and a similar plasmid, constructed from pBR322, increased the survival after UV irradiation of Escherichia coli AB1157 with the umu-36 mutation and also caused UV-induced mutation in the E. coli strain. In H. influenzae, pMucAMucB caused a small but reproducible increase in survival after UV irradiation in wild-type cells and in a rec-1 mutant, but there was no increase in spontaneous mutation in the wild type or in the rec-1 mutant and no UV-induced mutation.

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