What is driving the acquisition of mutS and rpoS polymorphisms in Escherichia coli?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 457-461

  Ferenci, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0141817853     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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