The rate of adaptive mutagenesis in Escherichia coli is enhanced by oxygen (superoxide)

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 357, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 231-236

  Benov, Ludmil ^a   Fridovich, Irwin ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutagenesis; Mutagenesis, adaptive; Stationary phase mutagenesis; Superoxide dependent mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030601870     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(96)00128-5     Document Type: Article

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