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revertant

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re·ver·tant  (r-vûrtnt)
adj.
Having reverted to the normal phenotype, usually by a second mutation: a revertant mutant; revertant cells.
n.
A revertant organism, cell, or strain.
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Pseudogene rp028 was inactivated in a virulent E strain but not in its virulent revertant Evir strain (9).
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Significant increases in the number of revertant colonies were induced by the known mutagens and carcinogens sodium azide, 2-nitrofluorene, 2-aminoanthracene when tested under the same conditions (Meester and Leonard, 1988).
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After incubation, the number of revertant bacteria colonies, which signifies mutation events, was counted.
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