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Optimization of gene expression through divergent mutational paths.
Cell reports - 23 Feb 2012
Chou Hsin-Hung, Marx Christopher J
Abstract excerpt
Adaptation under similar selective pressure often leads to comparable phenotypes. A longstanding question is whether such phenotypic repeatability entails similar (parallelism) or different genotypic changes (convergence). To better understand this, we characterized mutations that optimized expression of a plasmid-borne metabolic pathway during laboratory evolution of a bacterium. Expressing these pathway genes...
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