Directed evolution of cell size in Escherichia coli

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yoshida, Mari ^a   Tsuru, Saburo ^a   Hirata, Naoko ^a   Seno, Shigeto ^a   Matsuda, Hideo ^a   Ying, Bei Wen ^b   Yomo, Tetsuya ^a,c,d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell size; Evolutional constraints; Experimental evolution

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENOME; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; MUTATION; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CYTOLOGY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MUTATION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84924128612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0257-1     Document Type: Article

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