Transcription-induced cytosine-to-thymine mutations are not dependent on sequence context of the target cytosine

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 6491-6493

  Beletskii, Anton ^a   Bhagwat, Ashok S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; THYMINE;

ALLELISM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES; CYTOSINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; KANAMYCIN RESISTANCE; PLASMIDS; POINT MUTATION; THYMINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035685586     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.21.6491-6493.2001     Document Type: Article

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