Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393615098
Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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The six different types of DNA repair mechanisms and the DNA repair mechanisms that contribute to mutation.

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The collection of processes by which the cell identifies and corrects damage to the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule before it becomes a heritable mutation is called DNA repair. Microorganisms have a variety of molecular tools to repair the damaged DNA molecule.

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