Instability of repeated DNAs during transformation in Escherichia coli

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 502, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 39-46

  Hashem, Vera I ^a   Klysik, Elzbieta A ^a   Rosche, William A ^b   Sinden, Richard R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inverted repeat; Repeat instability; Spontaneous mutation; Triplet repeats

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PLASMID DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037157227     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(02)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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