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J Bacteriol. 1988 January; 170(1): 1–4.
PMCID: PMC210597
Derepression of specific genes promotes DNA repair and mutagenesis in Escherichia coli.
K R Peterson, N Ossanna, A T Thliveris, D G Ennis, and D W Mount
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
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