Using a nonselective method, we have estimated the proportion of untargeted mutations in the lad gene of E. coli by transferring either irradiated or unirradiated F' pro lac plasmids from an excision deficient donor to an excision deficient pro lac deleted recipient that had been irradiated and allo
Nature of the SOS mutator activity: Genetic characterization of untargeted mutagenesis in Escherichia coli
β Scribed by Caillet-Fauquet, P. ;Maenhaut-Michel, G.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 948 KB
- Volume
- 213
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0026-8925
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