Conservation and diversification of genes by mismatch correction and SOS induction.

doi:10.1016/s0300-9084(82)80087-4

Article

Conservation and diversification of genes by mismatch correction and SOS induction.

Biochimie - 1 Jan 2000

Bourguignon-Van Horen F, Brotcorn A, Caillet-Fauquet P, Diver W P, Dohet C, Doubleday O P, Lecomte P, Maenhaut-Michel G, Radman M

Abstract excerpt

Regulation of genetic stability is discussed in terms of interactions between constitutive and inducible DNA repair processes with specific emphasis on the results of our experimental studies of mismatch correction and SOS induction in Escherichia coli.

Topics

Base Composition
DNA Repair
DNA Replication
DNA, Bacterial
DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
Escherichia coli
Genes, Bacterial
Mutation

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