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Specificity of SOS mutagenesis in native M13lacI phage
F Yatagai1, M J Horsfall, B W Glickman
1Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Journal of Bacteriology
|December 1, 1991
Abstract:
Base substitutions account for 90% of all forward mutations sequenced in unmodified M13lacI DNA grown in both UV-irradiated and nonirradiated hosts. The principal effect of SOS induction was an increase in the contribution of transversions, in particular A.T----T.A events.
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