Abstract
Summary
The 4-aminoquinoline, chloroquine, has been shown to decrease survival of E. coli B when placed in the plating medium after UV irradiation; and to inhibit “dark repair” or “liquid holding repair” of UV damage in cell suspensions.
This and similar drugs should prove useful in elucidating the mechanism and biological role of mutation repair.
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