Escherichia coli cells expressing a mutant glyV (glycine tRNA) gene have a UVM-constitutive phenotype: Implications for mechanisms underlying the mutA or mutC mutator effect

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 7507-7514

  Murphy, Holly S ^a   Humayun, M Zafri ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; GLYCINE; GLYCINE TRANSFER RNA; VIRUS DNA;

ALLELE; ANTICODON; ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0030720271     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.23.7507-7514.1997     Document Type: Article

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