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Histone-like protein HU is required for recA gene-dependent DNA repair and SOS induction pathways in UV-irradiated Escherichia coli

I. Miyabe, Q.-M. Zhang, Y. Kano, S. Yonei Laboratory of Radiation Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
Pages 43-49 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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