A combination of three mutations, dcd, pyrH, and cdd, establishes thymidine (Deoxyuridine) auxotrophy in thyA+ strains of Salmonella typhimurium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 5891-5895

  Krogan, Nevan J ^a   Zaharik, Michelle L ^a   Neuhard, Jan ^b   Kelln, Rod A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE DEAMINASE; DEOXYCYTIDINE PHOSPHATE DEAMINASE; DEOXYURIDINE; DEOXYURIDINE PHOSPHATE; THYMIDINE; THYMIDINE KINASE; URIDINE PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031733879     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.22.5891-5895.1998     Document Type: Article

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