in a thymine-deprived culture , the mutant cells ( deficient in dtdp-glucose pyrophosphorylase activity and named ter-15 ) lose viability at a faster rate , form longer filaments for the first 60 min and lose thymidine nucleotides and dtdp-sugar pools at a faster rate for the first 15 min than those of the parent cells , but the dtdp-sugar pool in the parent cells is maintained at high concentration for the first 90 min during thymine starvation .
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