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. 1983 May;154(2):995–997. doi: 10.1128/jb.154.2.995-997.1983

Possible Correlation Between Transformability and Deficiency in Error-Prone Repair

Nicole Sicard 1
PMCID: PMC217557  PMID: 6404893

Abstract

We have investigated the relationship between UV-induced mutability (as a measure of an error-prone repair process) and the genetic transformability of transformable and nontransformable bacterial strains. The data suggest a correlation between chromosomal transformability and a deficiency in an error-prone repair system in bacteria.

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