| Literature DB >> 17005830 |
Hanna Orlén1, Diarmaid Hughes.
Abstract
Weak mutators are common among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli. We show that the relative mutation rate and the "evolvability of fluoroquinolone resistance" are related by a power law slope of 1.2 over 3 orders of magnitude. Thus, even weak mutators can drive the evolution of fluoroquinolone resistance under selection pressure.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17005830 PMCID: PMC1610101 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00783-06
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191