A chance at survival: Gene expression noise and phenotypic diversification strategies

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1333-1340

  Fraser, Dawn ^a,b   Kærn, Mads ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DRIFT; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STRESS; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS, POPULATION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 62449123034     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06605.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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