Phylogenetic evidence for horizontal transfer of mutS alleles among naturally occurring Escherichia coli strains

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1631-1644

  Brown, E W ^a   LeClerc, J E ^a   Li, B ^a   Payne, W L ^a   Cebula, T A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; DNA METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUTATION RATE; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HUMANS; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035114380     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.5.1631-1644.2001     Document Type: Article

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