Effects of T4 phage infection and anaerobiosis upon nucleotide pools and mutagenesis in nucleoside diphosphokinase-defective Escherichia coli strains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4115-4121

  Zhang, Xiaolin ^a,c   Lu, Qing ^b   Inouye, Masayori ^b   Mathews, Christopher K ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; GENE PRODUCT; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; PYRUVATE KINASE; RIBONUCLEOSIDE;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

EID: 0029906455     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.14.4115-4121.1996     Document Type: Article

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