In vivo assay for low-activity mutant forms of Escherichia coli ribonucleotide reductase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1167-1173

  Ekberg, Monica ^a,b   Birgander, Pernilla ^a   Sjöberg, Britt Marie ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Accuro Immunology AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYDROXYUREA; MUTANT PROTEIN; R1 PROTEIN; R2 PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037315143     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1167-1173.2003     Document Type: Article

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