Direct selection for mutators in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1576-1584

  Miller, Jeffrey H ^a   Suthar, Anjali ^a   Tai, Jennifer ^a   Yeung, Annie ^a   Truong, Cindy ^a   Stewart, Jean Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032985104     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.5.1576-1584.1999     Document Type: Article

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