Regulatory processes and the origins of spontaneous mutations.

doi:10.1016/0027-5107(94)90283-6

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Regulatory processes and the origins of spontaneous mutations.

Mutation research - 1 May 1994

MacPhee D G

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A review of information currently available about the origins of spontaneous mutational events suggests that there may be a role for known cellular control mechanisms in determining the frequencies with which such events can occur. Attention is also directed to recent findings with antimutator (d...

Topics

Escherichia coli
Gene Expression Regulation
Mutation
SOS Response, Genetics

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