PRESCOTTS GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY

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ISBN: 9781307412420

Author: WILLEY

Publisher: MCG/CREATE

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Chapter 16.3, Problem 3CC

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When E. coli cells are growing rapidly, they may contain up to four copies of their chromosomes. Why is this important if E. coli needs to carry out recombinational repair?

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PRESCOTTS GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY

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Solution Summary: The author explains that the recombination repair corrects the damaged DNA sequence in which both bases of the pair are damaged or missed, or gap in the single strand.

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