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Signature-tagging of a bacterial isolate demonstrates phenotypic variability of the progeny in vivo in the absence of defined mutations.
Journal of microbiological methods - 1 Dec 2012
Whitby Paul W, VanWagoner Timothy M, Morton Daniel J, Seale Thomas W, Springer Jennifer M, Hempel Randy J, Stull Terrence L
Abstract excerpt
Awareness of the high degree of redundancy that occurs in several nutrient uptake pathways of Haemophilus influenzae led us to attempt to develop a quantitative STM method that could identify both null mutants and mutants with decreased fitness that remain viable in vivo. To accomplish this task we designed a modified STM approach that utilized a set of signature tagged wild-type (STWT) strains (in a single...
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