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Kinetics of spontaneous DNA degradation in recJ derivatives of E. coli. Cells were pretreated with [3H]thymidine and then grown in nonradioactive medium. Samples were withdrawn at the indicated times, and the amounts of acid-precipitable 3H were determined. The values are averages of two or three independent measurements, with error bars representing standard deviations.
