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The effect of hyper-induced SOS response on evolution in Escherichia coli.
BMC microbiology - 7 Mar 2026
Zhao Ruoxuan, Jelsbak Lars, Zhao Yufei, Olsen John Elmerdahl, Thomsen Line Elnif
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BACKGROUND: The SOS response, a conserved bacterial DNA repair system, plays a critical role in adaptation under stress, by inducing spontaneous mutations. This study compared the evolutionary dynamics of Escherichia coli and a derivative of this strain with a constitutively activated SOS response (SOS*), focusing on growth phenotype, competitive fitness, genome evolution, and metabolism over 90 days of...
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