Mu Insertions Are Repaired by the Double-Strand Break Repair Pathway of Escherichia coli

Sooin Jang; Steven J. Sandler; Rasika M. Harshey

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002642

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Mu Insertions Are Repaired by the Double-Strand Break Repair Pathway of Escherichia coli

Sooin Jang,

Affiliation Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Steven J. Sandler,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Morill Science Center, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Rasika M. Harshey

* E-mail: rasika@uts.cc.utexas.edu

Affiliation Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America
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Mu Insertions Are Repaired by the Double-Strand Break Repair Pathway of Escherichia coli

Sooin Jang,
Steven J. Sandler,
Rasika M. Harshey

Published: April 12, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002642

About the Authors

Sooin Jang

Affiliation Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Steven J. Sandler

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Morill Science Center, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Rasika M. Harshey

* E-mail: rasika@uts.cc.utexas.edu

Affiliation Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJ SJS RMH. Performed the experiments: SJ. Analyzed the data: SJ SJS RMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJ SJS. Wrote the paper: RMH.

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