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The mutator property ofuvr502 mutation affecting UV sensitivity ofEscherichia coli

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The frequency of direct and reverse mutations at several chromosomal loci increased in UV sensitiveuvr502 strains ofE. coli. Both UV sensitivity and mutator (Mut−) phenotype are due to the singleuvr502 mutation. Inuvr +/uvr502 merodiploid the Mut− phenotype is recessive.

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  1. The Gamaleya Institute for Epidemiology and Microbiology, AMS USSR, Moscow, USSR

    G. B. Smirnov, E. V. Filkova &  A. G. Skavronskaya

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Smirnov, G.B., Filkova, E.V. & Skavronskaya, A.G. The mutator property ofuvr502 mutation affecting UV sensitivity ofEscherichia coli . Molec. Gen. Genet. 118, 51–56 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02428332

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