Does selective gene activation direct evolution?

FEBS Letters

Volumn 402, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 4-8

  Wright, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Derepression; Guanosine tetraphosphate; Stress; Stringent response

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROORGANISM; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STARVATION; STRESS; THEORY;

EID: 0031016118     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(96)01479-2     Document Type: Article

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