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Abstract:
When cultures of Escherichia coli B/r WP2 thy trp were prestarved for thymine for 30 min, DNA replication after readdition of thymine was limited to an increase of about 100% in the presence of rifampicin, an antibiotic which inhibits DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. However, chloramphenicol, an antibiotic which blocks protein but not RNA synthesis, did not limit replication. After prolonged thymine prestarvation (55 min) DNA increased only about 50% in the presence of rifampicin, but no such limitation occurred in the presence of chloramphenicol. The ability of a high concentration of rifampicin to limit DNA replication was eliminated by addition of either high or low concentrations of chloramphenicol, indicating that stoichiometric interaction of the antibiotics is not responsible for this effect.
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