The phenotypic and fitness effects of colicin resistance in Escherichia coli K-12

Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1019-1027

  Feldgarden, Michael ^a   Riley, Margaret A ^b  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colicin resistance; Colicins; Fitness effects; Pleiotropy

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032885253     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1999.tb04517.x     Document Type: Article

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