The directed mutation controversy in an evolutionary context

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-35

  Brisson, Dustin ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; REVIEW; STRESS;

DARWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037288056     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713610403     Document Type: Review

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