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Col Ib factors which contain 5-bromodeoxyuridine — substituted DNA are highly sensitive to UV light. At the dose 3000 erg/mm2 of UV light 95% of the survived bacteria became noncolicinogenic.
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Buraczyńska, M., Lorkiewicz, Z. Photosensitization of Col Ib factor by 5-bromodeoxyuridine. Molec. gen. Genet. 116, 88–90 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00334263
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00334263