Simple sequence repeats together with mismatch repair deficiency can bias mutagenic pathways in Pseudomonas aeruginosa during chronic lung infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Moyano, Alejandro J ^a   Feliziani, Sofía ^a   Di Rienzo, Julio A ^a   Smania, Andrea M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA REPAIR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 84894330015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080514     Document Type: Article

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