Identification and characterization of ssb and uup mutants with increased frequency of precise excision of transposon Tn10 derivatives: Nucleotide sequence of uup in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2892-2899

  Reddy, Manjula ^a   Gowrishankar, J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030940134     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.2892-2899.1997     Document Type: Article

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