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After the initiation of synchronous replication of E. coli DNA by a short pulse of BU, BU is found in the middle of the newly synthesized segment confirming bidirectional replication from the origin.
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McKENNA, W., MASTERS, M. Biochemical Evidence for the Bidirectional Replication of DNA in Escherichia coli. Nature 240, 536–539 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/240536a0
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