Analysis of spontaneous base substitutions generated in mutator strains of Bacillus subtilis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-42

  Sasaki, Mayumi ^a   Kurusu, Yasurou ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

7,8 Dihydro 8 oxoguanine; B. Subtilis; Mutator; rpoB

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEOXYGUANINE NUCLEOTIDES; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; DNA-FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE GLYCOSYLASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTAGENS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; POINT MUTATION; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1942534163     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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