Single-strand DNA-specific exonucleases in Escherichia coli: Roles in repair and mutation avoidance

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-16

  Viswanathan, Mohan ^a   Lovett, Susan T ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; EXONUCLEASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031862023     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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