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Loss of deoxyribonucleic acid-thymine during thymine starvation of Escherichia coli.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 112 ·No. 1 ·1972-10-00 ·Pages 646-8

Breitman TR, Maury PB, Toal JN

Abstract

A substantial loss of deoxyribonucleic acid-thymine occurs during thymine starvation of several thymine auxotrophs derived from Escherichia coli strains B, 15, and K-12.

MeSH Terms
Carbon Isotopes Chromatography, Paper DNA DNA Nucleotidyltransferases/metabolism DNA Repair DNA, Bacterial/analysis,metabolism Escherichia coli/enzymology,growth & development,metabolism Ligases/metabolism Pentoses/analysis Thymine/metabolism
Chemicals
Carbon Isotopes DNA, Bacterial Pentoses DNA DNA Nucleotidyltransferases Ligases Thymine
Authors & Affiliations
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Breitman T R
Maury P B
Toal J N
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.112.1.646-648.1972
Published
1972-10-00
Pages
646-8
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC251463
Subset
IM
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.112.1.646-648.1972 PMC Full Text View journal details
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