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. 1980 Nov;144(2):856–857. doi: 10.1128/jb.144.2.856-857.1980

dnaA alleles are recessive.

J A Wechsler
PMCID: PMC294743  PMID: 7000756

Abstract

Dominance tests of several dnaA alleles from Escherichia coli, including two previously reported to be dominant, show that all of the mutant alleles examined are recessive to dnaA+.

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