Spontaneous mutators in bacteria: Insights into pathways of mutagenesis and repair

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue , 1996, Pages 625-643

  Miller, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; carcinogenesis; microorganisms; mutation; repair systems

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BASE MISPAIRING; DNA REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA REPAIR; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS; NEOPLASMS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA, TRANSFER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029843192     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.50.1.625     Document Type: Review

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