Construction of a umuC'-luxAB plasmid for the detection of mutagenic DNA repair via luminescence

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 398, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 131-141

  Justus, Tamara ^a   Thomas, Susan M ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

E. coli; LuxAB; Mutagenisity; UmDC

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; KINETICS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MUTAGENS; PLASMIDS; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIBRIO;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 0032574308     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(97)00215-7     Document Type: Article

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