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. 1980 Aug;143(2):1025–1028. doi: 10.1128/jb.143.2.1025-1028.1980

Ultraviolet light induction of recA protein in a recB uvrB mutant of Escherichia coli.

R C Bockrath, P C Hanawalt
PMCID: PMC294408  PMID: 7009541

Abstract

Full and persistent ultraviolet light induction of recA protein with minimal bacterial deoxyribonucleic acid degradation implicates blocked replication sites rather than degradation products as the inducing signals.

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