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Two mutants deficient in homologous genetic recombination have been isolated from Rhizobium meliloti 41 after Tn5 mutagenesis. Both mutants are defective in the induction of temperate phage 16-3 by UV-light, Mytomycin-C or Bleomycin, their UV sensitivity is more pronounced than that of the wild-type strain, and they lack the ‘SOS activity’ responsible for induced mutations.
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Olasz, F., Dorgai, L., Páy, A. et al. Recombination deficient mutants of Rhizobium meliloti 41 . Molec. Gen. Genet. 191, 393–396 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425752
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