Biopolym. Cell. 1991; 7(2):15-19.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.0002BD
Gene-Engineering Biotechnology
RecE-independent instability in Bacillus subtilis
1Karpova I. S., 1Pidpala O. V.
  1. Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NAS of Ukraine
    150, Akademika Zabolotnoho Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03680

Abstract

The mutant of Bac. subtilis has stable requirement for tryptophan but is highly unstable in its requirement for alanine combined with frequently forward auxotrophic mutations. The introduction of recE marker by transformation has no effect on properties of the mutant under study.
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