Transcription increases methylmethane sulfonate-induced mutations in alkB strains of Escherichia coli

DNA Repair

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1289-1297

  Fix, Douglas ^a   Canugovi, Chandrika ^b   Bhagwat, Ashok S ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Methylcytosine; AlkB; Alkylation; Methylmethane sulfonate; Transcription

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCYTOSINE; BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE DERIVATIVE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE DELTA; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ALKB GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA ALKYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 46649112102     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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