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Antibiotic-induced Recombination in Escherichia coli Requires the Formation of DNA Double-Strand Breaks
Arpita Nath, Dan Roizman, Israa Amin…·Alexandro Rodríguez-Rojas
This study shows that fluoroquinolones increase recombination in E. coli by causing DNA double-strand breaks, unlike other antibiotics that do not affect recombination.
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