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Large mutational target size for rapid emergence of bacterial persistence.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 31 Jul 2012
Girgis Hany S, Harris Kendra, Tavazoie Saeed
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic heterogeneity displayed by a clonal bacterial population permits a small fraction of cells to survive prolonged exposure to antibiotics. Although first described over 60 y ago, the molecular mechanisms underlying this behavior, termed persistence, remain largely unknown. To systematically explore the genetic basis of persistence, we selected a library of transposon-mutagenized Escherichia coli cells...
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