EColi Cells That Have Null Mutations in the Gene Encoding

question 27

Multiple Choice

E.coli cells that have null mutations in the gene encoding mutH will be defective in:

• A)base excision repair.
• B)mismatch repair.
• C)recombinational repair.
• D)SOS repair.
• E)thymine dimer splitting.

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