When coupled to natural transformation in Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1, PCR mutagenesis is made less random by mismatch repair

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 7610-7612

  Buchan, Alison ^a,b   Ornston, L Nicholas ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTERS;

MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER ADP1; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; DNA INTEGRATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACINETOBACTER; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; DNA REPAIR; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 32044440514     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.11.7610-7612.2005     Document Type: Article

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