The Vsr endonuclease of Escherichia coli: An efficient DNA repair enzyme and a potent mutagen

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 6048-6052

  Macintyre, Georgina ^a   Doiron, Kathy M J ^a   Cupples, Claire G ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; ENDONUCLEASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030928996     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.19.6048-6052.1997     Document Type: Article

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