Properties of a Deoxyribonucleic Acid Ligase Mutant of Escherichia coli: X-Ray Sensitivity
- 1 May 1970
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 102 (2), 588-589
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.102.2.588-589.1970
Abstract
A deoxyribonucleic acid ligase-deficient mutant is X-ray sensitive relative to the parent strain, suggesting that deoxyribonucleic acid ligase functions in repair of X-ray-induced, single-strand scissions.Keywords
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