Mutation in Escherichia coli under starvation conditions: A new pathway leading to small deletions in strains defective in mismatch correction

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3349-3356

  Bridges, B A ^a   Timms, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

8 hydroxyguanine; Deletions; Mismatch correction; Starvation mutagenesis; Tryptophan synthetase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BASE MISPAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

EID: 0031010210     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3349     Document Type: Article

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