New indicator Escherichia coli strain for rapid and accurate detection of supF mutations

Abstract Background The supF gene of Escherichia coli is useful for forward mutation analysis in bacterial and mammalian cells used in mutagenesis and DNA repair studies. Indicator E. coli strains, such as KS40/pOF105, have been used to analyze supF mutations. However, KS40/pOF105 is not enough to s...

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Main Authors: Ruriko Fukushima, Tetsuya Suzuki, Hiroyuki Kamiya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Genes and Environment
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41021-020-00167-x