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Title: What is the consequence of a mutation in the recA gene in bacteria?
Post by: BonnienZip on Feb 12, 2018
What is the consequence of a mutation in the recA gene in bacteria?
 
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Title: What is the consequence of a mutation in the recA gene in bacteria?
Post by: applebeeds on Feb 12, 2018
The wild-type product of recA is required for bacterial recombination to occur at an appreciable level. Absence of the recA protein diminishes recombination by about 1000-fold.