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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 12.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Gen Genet. 1988 Nov;214(3):467–473. doi: 10.1007/BF00330482

Table 2.

Comparison of the mutation rates conferred by dnaQ49 and mutL::Tn10 in recA+ and recA730 strains

Strain Rifr/generation per 108 cellsa
32° C n 37° C n
dnaQ+ mut+
recA+ lexA51 0.56 10 0.65 10
recA730 lexA51 10.6 12 11.1 12
dnaQ49 mut +
recA+ lexA51 90 28 266 22
recA730 lexA51 134 29 417 22
dnaQ+ mutL::Tn10
recA+ lexA51 115 10 110 9
recA730 lexA51 127 10 135 9

n, number of determinations

a

Cultures were grown in salt-free LB at the designated temperatures