Vive la resistance!
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.02387 and PMC identifier 3939491.
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Abstract
In vitro evolution experiments reveal that single mutations in three genes can increase the ability of E. coli to survive ionizing radiation by a factor of 1000.
Medical subject headings
- Adaptation, Biological
- DNA Repair
- DNA Repair Enzymes
- Escherichia coli
- Evolution, Molecular
- Radiation, Ionizing