Mutational Spectrum Drives the Rise of Mutator Bacteria

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Couce, Alejandro ^a   Guelfo, Javier R ^a   Blázquez, Jesús ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84873490474     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003167     Document Type: Article

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