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Activation of phenotypic subpopulations in response to ciprofloxacin treatment in Acinetobacter baumannii.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Apr 2014
Macguire Ashley E, Ching Meining Carly, Diamond Brett H, Kazakov Alexey, Novichkov Pavel, Godoy Veronica G
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The multidrug-resistant, opportunistic pathogen, Acinetobacter baumannii, has spread swiftly through hospitals worldwide. Previously, we demonstrated that A. baumannii regulates the expression of various genes in response to DNA damage. Some of these regulated genes, especially those encoding the multiple error-prone DNA polymerases, can be implicated in induced mutagenesis, leading to antibiotic resistance....
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