Hypermutation in stationary-phase E. coli: Tales from the lac operon

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-20

  Lombardo, Mary Jane ^a   Rosenberg, Susan M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutation; Escherichia coli; Evolution; Mismatch repair; Recombination; Stationary phase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033466667     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02994698     Document Type: Article

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