Mutational Specificity of the Ferrous Ion in a supF Gene of Endonuclease III/VIII Deficient Escherichia coli

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-171

  Shimamura, Hideo ^a,b   Akasaka, Susumu ^b,c   Kubo, Kihei ^d   Saito, Yusuke ^e   Nakajima, Satoshi ^e   Tano, Keizo ^f   Utsumi, Hiroshi ^f   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^e  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 hydroxycytosine; Endonuclease III; Endonuclease VIII; Ferrous ion; Oxygen radicals; supF gene

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; OXYGEN;

5-HYDROXYCYTOSINE; ENDONUCLEASE III; ENDONUCLEASE VIII; ENDONUCLEASES; FERROUS ION; GLYCOSYLASE; MUTATION FREQUENCY; OXYGEN RADICAL; SUPF GENE;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE (PYRIMIDINE DIMER); ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; IRON; NTH PROTEIN, E COLI; SUPF TRNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMID; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE (PYRIMIDINE DIMER); DNA REPAIR; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; IRON; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; RNA, TRANSFER; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031217940     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.38.165     Document Type: Article

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