Diversify or die: Generation of diversity in response to stress

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-78

  Aertsen, Abram ^a   Michiels, Chris W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diversity; Genetic Buffering; Hsp 90; Microbial Adaptation; Mutagenesis; Stress; Yeast Prions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 19944405112     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408410590921718     Document Type: Review

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