title: Starvation-associated mutation in E. coli strains with and without reverse transcriptase.
abstract: Starvation-associated mutation to Tyr+ in E. coli WU3610 is identical to that in an isogenic derivative lacking reverse transcriptase encoded by a retron phage.
authors.affiliation: MRC Cell Mutation Unit, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Bridges
mesh_terms: D000220:Adaptation, Biological / Q000235:genetics*; D003090:Coliphages / Q000201:enzymology; D003470:Culture Media; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016296:Mutagenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D014443:Tyrosine; D012194:RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase