bz-rates: A web tool to estimate mutation rates from fluctuation analysis

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2323-2327

  Gillet Markowska, Alexandre ^a,b   Louvel, Guillaume ^a,b   Fischer, Gilles ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Département de Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

Fluctuation assay; Luria Delbr ck; Mutation rate

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MUTANT; FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS; GROWTH; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; WEB BROWSER; WILD TYPE; BACTERIAL GENOME; SOFTWARE;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; MUTATION RATE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84947461524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.019836     Document Type: Article

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