Generation of a genetic polymorphism in clonal populations of the bacterium Streptomyces ambofaciens: Characterization of different mutator states

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 421, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-82

  Martin, Patricia ^a   Dary, Annie ^a   Decaris, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic instability; Mutator strain; Polymorphism; Streptomyces

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES AMBOFACIENS;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPAIR; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STREPTOMYCES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES AMBOFACIENS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032511824     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(98)00156-0     Document Type: Article

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