Two enzymes, both of which process recombination intermediates, have opposite effects on adaptive mutation in Escherichia coli

Genetics

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-37

  Foster, Patricia L ^a   Trimarchi, Jeffrey M ^a,c   Maurer, Russell A ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPISOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; F FACTOR; LAC OPERON; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030051842     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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