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Two genes, at different positions on the Escherichia coli genetic map but producing two enzymes which catalyse the same reaction, have a structure so similar that their DNAs anneal with each other in a heteroduplex mapping test.
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Kikuchi, A., Gorini, L. Similarity of genes argF and argI. Nature 256, 621–624 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/256621a0
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