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Mutations of bacteria from virus sensitivity to virus resistance

Salvador E. Luria, +1 more
- 20 Nov 1943 - 
- Vol. 28, Iss: 6, pp 491-511
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This article reported Luria and Delbruck's breakthrough study in which they established that viruses do not induce mutations in bacteria, but that virus-resisting mutations are spontaneous.
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This article reported Luria and Delbruck's breakthrough study in which they established that viruses do not induce mutations in bacteria, but that virus-resisting mutations are spontaneous. Their "fluctuation test" theory demonstrated that bacteria were ideal subjects for genetic research.

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Methods for Determining Spontaneous Mutation Rates

TL;DR: This chapter describes the proper design of a fluctuation assay, several of the methods used to calculate mutation rates, and ways to evaluate the results statistically.
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Phage therapy: the Escherichia coli experience.

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Mathematics is biology's next microscope, only better; biology is mathematics' next physics, only better.

Joel E. Cohen
- 14 Dec 2004 - 
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Characterization of a mutant strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with a deletion of the RAD27 gene, a structural homolog of the RAD2 nucleotide excision repair gene.

TL;DR: Levels of the RAD27 gene transcript are cell cycle regulated in a manner similar to those for several other genes whose products are known to be involved in DNA replication, and the possible role of Rad27 protein in DNA repair and replication is discussed.
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Inheritance of resistance of mice to enteric bacterial and neurotropic virus infections

TL;DR: A bacteria-resistant-virus-resistant line is being developed from a cross between bacteria-susceptible-v virus-resistant and bacteria- resistant- virus-sUSceptible lines, which proved uniformly susceptible to a strain of mouse passage rabies virus.
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A Description of Some Color Variants Produced by Serratia marcescens, Strain 274

TL;DR: The work reported in this paper is of a preliminary nature and is concerned with the selection of a strain suitable for intensive study, the development of a special medium, and the recognition and characterization of specific variant types.