Spontaneously arising mutL mutators in evolving Escherichia coli populations are the result of changes in repeat length

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 6076-6082

  Shaver, Aaron C ^a   Sniegowski, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; REPETITIVE DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA HELICASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141960352     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.20.6076-6082.2003     Document Type: Article

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