A UmuD,C-dependent pathway for spontaneous G:C to C:G transversions in stationary phase Escherichia coli mut Y

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 435, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-80

  Timms, Andrew R ^a   Muriel, Wendy ^a   Bridges, Bryn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

8 Oxoguanine; Misalignment, during DNA synthesis; Stationary phase mutation; Translesion synthesis; Transversion mutation; UmuD,C pathway

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GUANINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032829121     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8777(99)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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