Detection of DNA damage by use of Escherichia coli carrying recA'::lux, uvrA'::lux, or alkA'::lux reporter plasmids

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2566-2571

  Vollmer, Amy C ^a,b   Belkin, Shimshon ^b,c   Smulski, Dana R ^b   Van Dyk, Tina K ^b   Larossa, Robert A ^b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; REPORTER GENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIBRIO;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0030751305     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2566-2571.1997     Document Type: Article

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