Low abundance of Escherichia coli microsatellites is associated with an extremely low mutation rate

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1671-1676

  Schlotterer C ^a   Imhof, M ^a   Wang, H ^a   Nolte, V ^a   Harr, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microsatellite evolution; Mutation bias; Mutation rate; Slippage

Indexed keywords

F FACTOR; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ABUNDANCE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DNA; EUKARYOTE; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; F FACTOR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33747325608     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01108.x     Document Type: Article

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