Antimutator mutants in bacteriophage T4 and Escherichia coli

Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1579-1585

  Schaaper, Roel M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031894341     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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