An Improved System for Selection of Forward Mutations in an Escherichia coli supF Gene Carried by Plasmids

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 263-270

  Obata, Fumiko ^a   Nunoshiba, Tatsuo ^a   Hashimoto Gotoh, Tamotsu ^b   Yamamoto, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; GyrA gene; Rpsl gene; Spontaneous mutation; SupF gene; Transversion

Indexed keywords

GENES; MAMMALS;

E. COLI; GYRA GENE; MULTI COPIES; MUTATION FREQUENCY; RPSL GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; SUPF GENE; TRANSVERSION; WILD TYPES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

SUPF TRNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; MUTATION; PLASMID; SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 0032234897     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.39.263     Document Type: Article

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