Directed mutation: paradigm postponed.

doi:10.1016/0027-5107(93)90058-n

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Directed mutation: paradigm postponed.

Mutation research - 1 Jan 1993

MacPhee D G

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Claims have been made in recent years that spontaneous mutational events are "directed" by (i) the presence in a selective medium of a single carbon source which the cells are unable to utilize (e.g. lactose), or (ii) the absence from a selective medium of an amino acid which the cells are unable...

Topics

Animals
Bacteria
Culture Media
DNA Damage
DNA Repair
Frameshift Mutation
Glucose
Humans
Mutagenesis
Mutation
Valine

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PMID: 7678124
DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(93)90058-n

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