Reversion of the tyrosine ochre strain Escherichia coli WU3610 under starvation conditions depends on a new gene tas

Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1627-1635

  Timms, Andrew R ^a   Bridges, Bryn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; STARVATION;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREPHENATE DEHYDROGENASE; TYROSINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031942618     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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