Transcription-associated mutagenesis increases protein sequence diversity more effectively than does random mutagenesis in Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Kim, Hyunchul ^a   Lee, Baek Seok ^a,b   Tomita, Masaru ^a   Kanai, Akio ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CJ Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SINGLE STRANDED DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; START CODON; STOP CODON; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE COMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77956283292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010567     Document Type: Article

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