Genomic analysis of a key innovation in an experimental Escherichia coli population

Nature

Volumn 489, Issue 7417, 2012, Pages 513-518

  Blount, Zachary D ^a,b   Barrick, Jeffrey E ^b,c   Davidson, Carla J ^d   Lenski, Richard E ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE;

AEROBIOSIS; CITRIC ACID; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; GLUCOSE; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84866944595     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11514     Document Type: Article

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