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Single-molecule nanopore sequencing reveals extreme target copy number heterogeneity in arylomycin-resistant mutants.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 5 Jan 2021
Girgis Hany S, DuPai Cory D, Lund Jessica, Reeder Janina, Guillory Joseph, Durinck Steffen, Liang Yuxin, Kaminker Joshua, Smith Peter A, Skippington Elizabeth
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Tandem gene amplification is a frequent and dynamic source of antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Ongoing expansions and contractions of repeat arrays during population growth are expected to manifest as cell-to-cell differences in copy number (CN). As a result, a clonal bacterial culture could comprise subpopulations of cells with different levels of antibiotic sensitivity that result from variable gene dosage....
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