Molecular analysis of mutS expression and mutation in natural isolates of pathogenic Escherichia coli

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1323-1331

  Li, Baoguang ^a   Tsui, Ho Ching T ^b,c   LeClerc, J Eugene ^a   Dey, Manashi ^a   Winkler, Malcolm E ^b,c   Cebula, Thomas A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN MUTS; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOP CODON; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037515830     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26213-0     Document Type: Review

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