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. 1978 Oct;136(1):444–448. doi: 10.1128/jb.136.1.444-448.1978

Dimer excision and repair replication patch size in recL152 mutant of Escherichia coli K-12.

R H Rothman
PMCID: PMC218680  PMID: 361703

Abstract

Dimers are excised slowly in a recL152 mutant. This observation is not an artifact of altered DNA degradation because degradation is the same in recL+ and recL strains. The repair patch size was measured by the bromodeoxyuridine-313 nm radiation photolysis technique. In the recL+ strain, the average patch size was found to be about 30 nucleotides in length, but in the recL mutant, it was about 360.

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