A genetic strategy to demonstrate the occurrence of spontaneous mutations in nondividing cells within colonies of Escherichia coli

Genetics

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 991-1001

  Reddy, Manjula ^a   Gowrishankar, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; CELL POPULATION; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TARGET CELL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; F FACTOR; LAC OPERON; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UDPGLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030666540     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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