An unusual pattern of spontaneous mutations recovered in the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii

Genetics

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 697-702

  Mackwan, Reena R ^a   Carver, Geraldine T ^b   Drake, John W ^b   Grogan, Dennis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROOROTIC ACID; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; URACIL;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; GENE MUTATION; GENOME; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ARCHAEA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

GENES, ARCHAEAL; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MUTATION; OROTATE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 34547812316     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.069666     Document Type: Article

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