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. 1978 Feb;133(2):1034–1037. doi: 10.1128/jb.133.2.1034-1037.1978

Evidence that glucose starvation-sensitive mutants are altered in the relB locus.

R D Mosteller
PMCID: PMC222118  PMID: 342488

Abstract

Genetic mapping studies indicate that the relaxed-control mutants isolated on the basis of sensitivity to glucose starvation contain lesions in the relB locus. These mutants, which are sensitive to protein synthesis inhibitors such as sulfacetamide, exhibit relaxed control of both RNA and phospholipid syntheses.

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