title: Loss of deoxyribonucleic acid-thymine during thymine starvation of Escherichia coli.
abstract: A substantial loss of deoxyribonucleic acid-thymine occurs during thymine starvation of several thymine auxotrophs derived from Escherichia coli strains B, 15, and K-12.
mesh_terms: D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D002854:Chromatography, Paper; D004247:DNA; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D004260:DNA Repair; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D008025:Ligases / Q000378:metabolism; D010429:Pentoses / Q000032:analysis; D013941:Thymine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D010429:Pentoses; D004247:DNA; D004254:DNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D008025:Ligases; D013941:Thymine