Rates of spontaneous mutation in an archaeon from geothermal environments

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3298-3303

  Jacobs, Kelly L ^a   Grogan, Dennis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; METHANOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOBACTERIUM; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS;

EID: 0030985997     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.10.3298-3303.1997     Document Type: Article

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