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The inactivation ofBacillus subtilis transforming DNA by mutagenic agents

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The inactivation of three genetic markers inBacillus subtilis transforming DNA by UV rays, nitrous acid and hydroxylamine was studied. The inactivation of markers by UV and HNO2 was marker specific, whereas the hydroxylamine inactivates the markers approximately to the same degree.

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  1. Department of Bacterial Genetics, Institute of Microbiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague 4

    R. T. Kapadia & M. Šrogl

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Kapadia, R.T., Šrogl, M. The inactivation ofBacillus subtilis transforming DNA by mutagenic agents. Folia Microbiol 14, 51–53 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02869399

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