E unibus plurum: Genomic analysis of an experimentally evolved polymorphism in Escherichia coli

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Kinnersley, Margie A ^a   Holben, William E ^a   Rosenzweig, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIGMA FACTOR RPOS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 73649085796     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000713     Document Type: Article

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