The spread of a beneficial mutation in experimental bacterial populations: The influence of the environment and genotype on the fixation of rpoS mutations

Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 446-452

  Ferenci, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacterial evolution; Bacterial stress responses; Chemostat culture; Continuous culture; Sigma factor S

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GENOTYPE; MUTATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; SHORT SURVEY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 42449118998     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6801077     Document Type: Short Survey

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