Mutation frequency decline in MMS-treated Escherichia coli K-12 mutS strains

Mutagenesis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-132

  Grzesiuk, Elzbieta ^a   Janion, Celina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FREQUENCY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0031885398     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/13.2.127     Document Type: Article

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