DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb00919.x. DNA rearrangements and phenotypic switching in prokaryotes

DNA rearrangements and phenotypic switching in prokaryotes

10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb00919.x

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Abstract

SummaryMicroorganisms have numerous strategies for coping with environmental changes. In many systems, a single cell has the capacity to generate a seemingly infinite array of phenotypic variants in just a few generations of growth. The resulting heterogeneous population is well equipped for sudden environmental change; even if only a few cells in the population possess a phenotype needed for survival, these cells have the capacity to regenerate a similarly diverse population. Phenotypic switching in these systems usually results from high‐frequency DNA rearrangements which are the subject of this review.

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Dybvig, K. (1993). DNA rearrangements and phenotypic switching in prokaryotes. Molecular Microbiology, 10(3), 465â471. Portico.

Authors 1

K. Dybvig (first)

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