Marinus M G, Carraway M, Frey A Z, Brown L, Arraj J A
Mol Gen Genet. 1983;192(1-2):288-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00327681.
The dam gene of E. coli can be inactivated by insertion of Tn9 or Mud phage. Strains bearing these mutations are viable indicating that the dam gene product is dispensable.
大肠杆菌的dam基因可通过插入Tn9或Mud噬菌体而失活。携带这些突变的菌株能够存活,这表明dam基因产物并非必需。