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An endonuclease-deficient strain of Ustilago maydis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

R. Holliday  and
R. E. Halliwell
R. Holliday
Affiliation:
Division of Microbiology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London
R. E. Halliwell
Affiliation:
Division of Microbiology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London

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A strain of Ustilago maydis has been isolated, after treatment with nitrosoguanidine, which lacks an extracellular endonuclease capable of causing two strand breaks in DNA. Genetic analysis suggests that the strain carries two mutations and is probably also deficient in a second nuclease.

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Short Papers
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Genetics Research , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , August 1968 , pp. 95 - 98
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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