High-frequency RecA-dependent and -independent mechanisms of Congo red binding mutations in Yersinia pestis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 4896-4904

  Hare, Janelle M ^a   McDonough, Kathleen A ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CONGO RED; RECA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0032865691     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.16.4896-4904.1999     Document Type: Article

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