Nucleic Acid Synthesis in Mustard Gas-treated E. Coli B

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  • Roger M. Herriott
چکیده

Following exposure to dilute aqueous solutions of mustard gas, suspensions of E. coli B do not produce DNA although PNA is formed in nearly normal amounts. When the treated cells are infected with virus T(2), DNA is synthesized and RNA is not. The DNA formation continued after the virus titer reached a maximum.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of General Physiology

دوره 34  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1951