Genetic requirements and mutational specificity of the Escherichia coli SOS mutator activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7435-7445

  Fijalkowska, Iwona J ^a,b   Dunn, Ronnie L ^a   Schaaper, Roel M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030690927     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7435-7445.1997     Document Type: Article

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