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Insensitivity to caffeine of phage‐controlled repair‐processes
Author(s) -
Witte W.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
zeitschrift für allgemeine mikrobiologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.58
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1521-4028
pISSN - 0044-2208
DOI - 10.1002/jobm.19720120112
Subject(s) - proteus mirabilis , escherichia coli , caffeine , mutant , biology , proteus , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene , endocrinology
Abstract It is shown by comparison of UV‐survival curves that repair‐functions controlled by phages T4 D ( Escherichia coli ) and VI r ( Proteus mirabilis ) are insensitive to caffeine. In connection with these experiments, a UV‐sensitive is ‐mutant of phage VI r is described.