A Mobile Element in mutS Drives Hypermutation in a Marine Vibrio
Bacteria face a trade-off between genetic fidelity, which reduces deleterious mistakes in the genome, and genetic innovation, which allows organisms to adapt. Evidence suggests that many bacteria balance this trade-off by modulating their mutation rates, but few mechanisms have been described for su...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2017-02-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | http://mbio.asm.org/cgi/content/full/8/1/e02045-16 |