Adaptive tuning of mutation rates allows fast response to lethal stress in escherichia coli

eLife

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Swings, Toon ^a   van Den Bergh, Bram ^a   Wuyts, Sander ^a   Oeyen, Eline ^a   Voordeckers, Karin ^a,b   Verstrepen, Kevin J ^a,b   Fauvart, Maarten ^a,c   Verstraeten, Natalie ^a   Michiels, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; RIFAMPICIN;

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL DEATH; CHEMICAL STRESS; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ADAPTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHANOL; MUTATION RATE; SELECTION, GENETIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85019414088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.22939     Document Type: Article

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