Two opposing effects of mismatch repair on CTG repeat instability in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 463-471

  Schmidt, K H ^a   Abbott, C M ^a   Leach, D R F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; YEAST;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 0033955771     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01727.x     Document Type: Article

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