The receptor (Pacinian corpuscle) converts mechanical energy into an electrical response, the magnitude is proportional to the intensity of the stimulus. Thus, the responses are described as graded potentials rather than all-or-none

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Methylation of DNA strands can serve to distinguish parent (template) strands from newly synthesized strands in E. coli DNA

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 In Escherichia coli, mismatches are detected by a dimer of the mismatch repair protein MutS.

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MutS embraces the mismatch-containing DNA, inducing a pronounced kink in the DNA and a conformational change in MutS itself.

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MutS has an ATPase activity that is required for mismatch repair, in Escherichia coli, mismatches are detected by a dimer of the mismatch repair protein MutS.

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In Escherichia coli,  the complex of MutS and the mismatch-containing DNA recruits MutL, a second protein component of the repair system. 

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In Escherichia coli MMR system, MutL, in turn, activates MutH, an enzyme that causes an incision or nick on one strand near the site of the mismatch.