Nonadaptive mutations occur on the F' episome during adaptive mutation conditions in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1550-1554

  Foster, Patricia L ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOSE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; EPISOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031046575     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1550-1554.1997     Document Type: Article

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