The frequency of mutators in populations of Escherichia coli

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 448, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-55

  Boe, Lars ^a   Danielsen, Morten ^a   Knudsen, Steen ^a   Petersen, Jesper Breum ^a   Maymann, Jakob ^a   Jensen, Peter Ruhdal ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Mutation rate; Mutator; mutS

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; LACTOSE; MUTATION; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034646384     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(99)00239-0     Document Type: Article

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