| Literature DB >> 26325139 |
R Craig MacLean1, Alvaro San Millan2.
Abstract
Plasmids play a key role in bacterial evolution by providing bacteria with new and important functions, such as antibiotic resistance. New research shows how bacterial regulatory evolution can stabilize bacteria-plasmid associations and catalyze evolutionary innovation.Mesh:
Year: 2015 PMID: 26325139 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN: 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834