Conditional Mutator Gene in Escherichia coli : Isolation, Mapping, and Effector Studies
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Mutator gene studies in Escherichia coli: the mutS gene.
We report here on a study of a mutator gene (mutS) that causes transition mutations in Escherichia coli. We have used the trpA system to show that A:T-->G:C and G:C-->A:T transitions occur. Not all A:T pairs are equally susceptible to mutS action however, since the A:T pair at the trpA223 site reverts at a frequency similar to, if not identical with, the frequency in a mut(+) background. Presum...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.117.2.477-487.1974