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Tag: evolvability

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TWiEVO 38: Evolving to evolve

  • December 24, 2018
  • Tagged as: anti-evolution drug, antibiotic resistance, bacteria, evolution, evolvability, Mfd protein, mutagenesis, mutation rate, RpoB, transcription-coupled repair, UvrA

Nels and Vincent reveal a highly conserved protein that acts as an evolvability factor, increasing mutation and the ability of bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics.

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