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Mutants of E. coli deficient in genetic recombination have been shown to exhibit an increased sensitivity to photodynamic inactivation (thiopyronine plus visible light) and to treatment with ethyl methanesulfonate. The participation of the rec-functions in the repair of DNA single strand breaks is assumed.
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Böhme, H., Geissler, E. Repair of lesions induced by photodynamic action and by ethyl methanesulfonate in E. coli . Molec. Gen. Genet. 103, 228–232 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273691
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273691