The sensitivity of Mycoplasma mycoides var. capri cells to γ-radiation after growth in a medium containing the thymine analogue, 5-vinyluracil
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 181 (3) , 783-785
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1810783
Abstract
Cells of the bacterium Mycoplasma mycoides var. capri grown in a medium containing the potential radiation-sensitive thymine analogue 5-vinyluracil show a 3-fold increase in sensitivity towards irradiation of a dose of 15 krads of γ-rays.Keywords
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