Detection of mutator subpopulations in Salmonella typhimurium LT2 by reversion of his alleles

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 89-97

  LeClerc, J Eugene ^a   Payne, William L ^a   Kupchella, Eugene ^a   Cebula, Thomas A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Horizontal transfer; Mismatch correction; Mutator; mutH; mutL; mutS; Salmonella typhimurium; Spontaneous mutation; uvrD

Indexed keywords

HISTIDINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BASE MISPAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ALLELES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; HISTIDINE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032565566     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(98)00069-4     Document Type: Article

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