Article
Mismatch repair in the antimutator Escherichia coli mud.
Mutation research - 28 Jan 2003
Dzidić Senka, Petranović Mirjana
Abstract excerpt
Antimutators are genetic mutants that produce mutations at reduced rates compared to the wild type strain. They are interesting because they may provide insights into the mechanisms by which spontaneous mutations occur. We have investigated a reported antimutator strain of Escherichia coli termed mud for its possible mechanism. The mud strain exhibits a decrease in both spontaneous mutagenesis and mutability with...
Topics
- Bacteriophage lambda
- Base Pair Mismatch
- DNA Repair
- Escherichia coli
- Genetic Vectors
- Mutation
- Transformation, Genetic