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Mutagenic Action of Mitomycin C on Escherichia coli

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MITOMYCIN C is of biological interest not only because it selectively inhibits cellular deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis1,2 but also in that it induces lambda phage development in Escherichia coli K 123.

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  1. Department of Genetics, Medical School, Osaka University, and Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    TEIJI IIJIMA & ATSUYOSHI HAGIWARA

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IIJIMA, T., HAGIWARA, A. Mutagenic Action of Mitomycin C on Escherichia coli . Nature 185, 395–396 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185395b0

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