Mutator effects in Escherichia coli caused by the expression of specific foreign genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5044-5048

  Gabrovsky, Vanessa ^a   Yamamoto, Mitsuko Lynn ^a   Miller, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MUTAGENICITY; NFXB GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 20444484339     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.14.5044-5048.2005     Document Type: Article

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