Post-UV survival of Escherichia coli strains carrying more than one UV-sensitising plasmid

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 351, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-186

  Ambler, J E ^a   Pinney, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Plasmid mediated error prone DNA repair; UV sensitivity conferred by plasmids

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA SONNEI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA SONNEI;

EID: 0030003426     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(95)00234-0     Document Type: Article

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