Adenine methylation of Okazaki fragments in Escherichia coli
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- DOI: 10.1128/jb.128.3.853-854.1976
Adenine methylation of Okazaki fragments in Escherichia coli
Abstract
In Escherichia coli polA lig-4 bacteria, the moles percent 6-methyladenine content of 10S deoxyribonucleic acid (Okazaki fragments) is 0.96 compared with 1.4 for bulk desoxyribonucleic acid.
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