Activation of the bgl operon by adaptive mutation

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Hall, Barry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutations; Bgl operon; Cryptic genes; E. coli; Insertion sequences

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0031984407     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025842     Document Type: Article

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