Spontaneous mutation rates come into focus in Escherichia coli

DNA Repair

Volumn 24, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-79

  Williams, Ashley B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Mutagenesis; Mutation rate; Mutational topology

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MUTANT; CHROMOSOME; CODON USAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN GENOME; INDEL MUTATION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; GENOMICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOMICS; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION RATE;

EID: 84919710287     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: 15687856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2014.09.009     Document Type: Review

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