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. 1975 Jan;121(1):392–395. doi: 10.1128/jb.121.1.392-395.1975

Rejoining of radiation-induced single-strand breaks in deoxyribonucleic acid of Escherichia coli: effect of phenethyl alcohol.

C K Nair, D S Pradhan, A Sreenivasan
PMCID: PMC285655  PMID: 1090577

Abstract

Single-strand breaks in deoxyribonucleic acid of Escherichia coli B/r cells exposed to 20 krads of gamma radiation could be rejoined by incubation of irradiated cells in growth medium. In the presence of 0.25% phenethyl alcohol, this repair was completely inhibited although deoxyribonucleic acid and protein syntheses were suppressed only partially.

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