Finding new mutator strains of Escherichia coli: A review

Gene

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-132

  Miller, Jeffrey H ^a   Michaels, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lac reversion system; Repair glycosylases; Transversion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030574280     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00529-X     Document Type: Article

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