Rates of spontaneous mutation in bacteriophage T4 are independent of host fidelity determinants.

doi:10.1093/genetics/138.3.553

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Rates of spontaneous mutation in bacteriophage T4 are independent of host fidelity determinants.

Genetics - 1 Nov 1994

Santos M E, Drake J W

Abstract excerpt

Bacteriophage T4 encodes most of the genes whose products are required for its DNA metabolism, and host (Escherichia coli) genes can only infrequently complement mutationally inactivated T4 genes. We screened the following host mutator mutations for effects on spontaneous mutation rates in T4: mu...

Topics

Bacteriophage T4
Escherichia coli
Genes, Viral
Mutation
Sequence Deletion

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