Mutagenic effect of temperature-sensitive mutants of gene 42 (dCMP hydroxymethylase) of bacteriophage T4.
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Certain temperature-sensitive mutants of gene 42 of bacteriophage T4 increase the reversion rates of some rII mutants in the same genome by about 4 to 10 times. This effect was usually found at 34 C, an intermediate permissive temperature, but not at 28 C.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of virology
دوره 12 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1973