Effect of thymine concentration on the replication velocity of DNA in a thymineless mutant of Escherichia coli

R. H. Pritchard; A. Zaritsky

doi:10.1038/226126a0

Effect of thymine concentration on the replication velocity of DNA in a thymineless mutant of Escherichia coli

R. H. Pritchard, A. Zaritsky

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Changes in thymine concentration in the growth medium affect the chromosome replication time of thymineless cells. This alone may account for changes in cell composition and provide a demonstration of the absence of coupling between replication velocity and growth rate.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	126-131
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nature
Volume	226
Issue number	5241
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/226126a0
State	Published - 1 Dec 1970
Externally published	Yes

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Effect of thymine concentration on the replication velocity of DNA in a thymineless mutant of Escherichia coli

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