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. 1972 Jun;110(3):930–934. doi: 10.1128/jb.110.3.930-934.1972

Postreplication Repair of Ultraviolet Damage in Haemophilus influenzae

J Eugene Leclerc 1, Jane K Setlow 1
PMCID: PMC247512  PMID: 4537422

Abstract

The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesized following ultraviolet (UV) irradiation of wild-type (Rd) and recombination-defective strains of Haemophilus influenzae has been analyzed by alkaline sucrose gradient sedimentation. Strain Rd and a UV-resistant, recombination-defective strain Rd(DB117) rec− are able to carry out postreplication repair, i.e., close the single-strand gaps in the newly synthesized DNA; in the UV-sensitive, recombination-defective strain DB117, the gaps remain open. The lack of postreplication repair in this strain may be the result of degradation of the newly synthesized DNA.

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