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Direct Restart of a Replication Fork Stalled by a Head-On RNA Polymerase
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RNase H is not involved in the induction of stable DNA replication in Escherichia coli
Journal of Bacteriology
|January 1, 1986
Abstract:
rnh mutations of Escherichia coli inactivating RNase H activity allow the initiation of rounds of DNA replication in the absence of protein synthesis (stable DNA replication). However, levels of RNase H did not change during or after the induction of stable DNA replication in rnh+ strains by incubation with nalidixic acid or UV irradiation.
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