The use of sodium nucleate in the study of the mutagenic activity of acriflavine in Escherichia coli

Witkin, Evelyn M. (December 1950) The use of sodium nucleate in the study of the mutagenic activity of acriflavine in Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 36 (12). pp. 724-731.

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Abstract

In a previous study(1) neutral acriflavine was shown to induce mutations from phage-sensitivity to phage-resistance in Escherichia coli. The present report concerns an improved method of investigating the mutagenic potency of certain compounds, using acriflavine as a model.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: organism description > bacteria > escherichia coli
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > mutations
CSHL Authors:
Communities: The Carnegie Institution Department of Genetics
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: 15 December 1950
Date Deposited: 07 Jan 2015 22:16
Last Modified: 03 Sep 2015 19:40
PMCID: PMC1063278
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/31035

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