Hypermutagenic in vitro transcription employing biased NTP pools and manganese cations

Gene

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-72

  Pezo, Valérie ^a   Wain Hobson, Simon ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Dihydrofolate reductase; Protein evolution

Indexed keywords

CATION; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; MANGANESE; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; PLASMID VECTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPICILLIN; CATIONS; CYTIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MANGANESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NUCLEOSIDES; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRIMETHOPRIM; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031579439     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00682-8     Document Type: Article

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