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Published in final edited form as: J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Oct 21;133(45):18447–18451. doi: 10.1021/ja208025e

Table 2.

Bacterial strain genotypes tested for ability to replicate xDNA segments.

Strain	Deleted Gene	Function/Gene Product	Genotype
BW25113	--		F-, Δ(araD-araB)567, ΔlacZ4787(∷rrnB-3), λ^-, rph-1, Δ(rhaD-rhaB)568, hsdR514
JW2703-2	mutS	methyl-mediated mismatch repair	F-, Δ(araD-araB)567, ΔlacZ4787(∷rrnB-3), λ^-, ΔmutS738∷kan, rph-1, Δ(rhaD-rhaB)568, hsdR514
JW0704-1	nei	endonuclease VII	F-, Δ(araD-araB)567, ΔlacZ4787(∷rrnB-3), Δnei-764∷kan, λ^-, rph-1, Δ(rhaD-rhaB)568, hsdR514
JW2928-1	mutY	adenine glycosylase: G-A repair	F-, Δ(araD-araB)567, ΔlacZ4787(∷rrnB-3), λ^-, ΔmutY736∷kan, rph-1, Δ(rhaD-rhaB)568, hsdR514
JW3610-2	mutM (fpg)	formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase	F-, Δ(araD-araB)567, ΔlacZ4787(∷rrnB-3), λ^-, ΔmutM744∷kan, rph-1, Δ(rhaD-rhaB)568, hsdR514
JW4019-2	uvrA	excision nuclease: molecular matchmaker	F-, Δ(araD-araB)567, ΔlacZ4787(∷rrnB-3), λ^-, rph-1, Δ(rhaD-rhaB)568, ΔuvrA753∷kan, hsdR514
JW0221-1	dinB	Pol IV	F-, Δ(araD-araB)567, ΔdinB749∷kan, ΔlacZ4787(∷rrnB-3), λ^-, rph-1, Δ(rhaD-rhaB)568, hsdR514
JW1173-1	umuC	Pol V	F-, Δ(araD-araB)567, ΔlacZ4787(∷rrnB-3), λ^-, ΔumuC773∷kan, rph-1, Δ(rhaD-rhaB)568, hsdR514
JW0059-1	polB (dinA)	Pol II	F-, ΔpolB770∷kan, Δ(araD-araB)567, ΔlacZ4787(∷rrnB-3), λ^-, rph-1, Δ(rhaD-rhaB)568, hsdR514
JW0205-1	dnaQ (mutD)	Pol III ε subunit: 3’-> 5’ proofreading	F-, Δ(araD-araB)567, ΔdnaQ744∷kan, ΔlacZ4787(∷rrnB-3), λ^-, rph-1, Δ(rhaD-rhaB)568, hsdR514