Population fitness and the regulation of Escherichia coli genes by bacterial viruses.
Temperate bacteriophage parasitize their host by integrating into the host genome where they provide additional genetic information that confers higher fitness on the host bacterium by protecting it against invasion by other bacteriophage, by increasing serum resistance, and by coding for toxins and...
| Format: | Article |
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| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030229 |