Escherichia coli cells exposed to streptomycin display a mutator phenotype

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1043-1044

  Sayeedur Rahman, Li Ren M ^a   Humayun, M Zafri ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0344450793     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.3.1043-1044.1999     Document Type: Article

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