Adenine methylation of Okazaki fragments in Escherichia coli.
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In Escherichia coli polA lig-4 bacteria, the moles percent 6-methyladenine content of 10S deoxyribonucleic acid (Okazaki fragments) is 0.96 compared with 1.4 for bulk desoxyribonucleic acid.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of bacteriology
دوره 128 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1976