Escherichia coli cells bearing a ribosomal ambiguity mutation in rpsD have a mutator phenotype that correlates with increased mistranslation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 5015-5018

  Balashov, Sergey ^a   Humayun, M Zafri ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 4; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ERROR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA TRANSLATION; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; STRESS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; STREPTOMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0043032886     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.16.5015-5018.2003     Document Type: Article

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