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Replication of the E. coli chromosome, studied by the sequential mutagenesis method in synchronized cells, is shown to be bidirectional with an origin close to the ilv marker and a terminus between the trp and his markers.
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HOHLFELD, R., VIELMETTER, W. Bidirectional Growth of the E. coli Chromosome. Nature New Biology 242, 130–132 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio242130a0
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